--- old/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java	2019-01-21 22:37:30.146021300 +0530
+++ new/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java	2019-01-21 22:37:28.312019000 +0530
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1995, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1995, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -504,14 +504,18 @@
      * of provider names in the property list.  When a provider is found its
      * accessibility implementation will be started by calling the provider's
      * activate method.  All errors are handled via an AWTError exception.
+     *
+     * Additionally, if the provided assistive technology providers list is empty
+     * then none of the assistive technology providers will be loaded and
+     * will return without error.
      */
     private static void loadAssistiveTechnologies() {
         // Load any assistive technologies
-        if (atNames != null) {
+        if (atNames != null && !atNames.trim().isEmpty()) {
             ClassLoader cl = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
             Set<String> names = Arrays.stream(atNames.split(","))
-                                      .map(String::trim)
-                                      .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+                                        .map(String::trim)
+                                        .collect(Collectors.toSet());
             final Map<String, AccessibilityProvider> providers = new HashMap<>();
             AccessController.doPrivileged((PrivilegedAction<Void>) () -> {
                 try {
@@ -528,8 +532,8 @@
                 return null;
             });
             names.stream()
-                 .filter(n -> !providers.containsKey(n))
-                 .forEach(Toolkit::fallbackToLoadClassForAT);
+                    .filter(n -> !providers.containsKey(n))
+                    .forEach(Toolkit::fallbackToLoadClassForAT);
         }
     }