--- old/src/java.base/share/lib/security/default.policy	2016-10-17 10:45:10.747937909 -0400
+++ new/src/java.base/share/lib/security/default.policy	2016-10-17 10:45:10.223937923 -0400
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@
     permission java.lang.RuntimePermission
                    "accessClassInPackage.sun.security.*";
     permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "loadLibrary.sunec";
-    permission java.util.PropertyPermission "*", "read";
     permission java.security.SecurityPermission "putProviderProperty.SunEC";
     permission java.security.SecurityPermission "clearProviderProperties.SunEC";
     permission java.security.SecurityPermission "removeProviderProperty.SunEC";
--- old/test/sun/security/ec/TestEC.java	2016-10-17 10:45:11.931937878 -0400
+++ new/test/sun/security/ec/TestEC.java	2016-10-17 10:45:11.643937886 -0400
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
  * @modules jdk.crypto.pkcs11/sun.security.pkcs11.wrapper
  * @compile -XDignore.symbol.file TestEC.java
  * @run main/othervm -Djdk.tls.namedGroups="secp256r1,sect193r1" TestEC
+ * @run main/othervm/java.security.policy=TestEC.policy -Djdk.tls.namedGroups="secp256r1,sect193r1" TestEC
  */
 
 import java.security.NoSuchProviderException;
--- /dev/null	2016-10-12 10:03:53.747326793 -0400
+++ new/test/sun/security/ec/TestEC.policy	2016-10-17 10:45:12.607937860 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+grant codebase "file:${test.classes}/*" {
+    permission java.security.AllPermission;
+};