diff -uNr openjdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java jdk8/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java

--- openjdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java

+++ openjdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java

@@ -883,9 +883,13 @@

                     return null;

                 }

             });

             if (!GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()) {

-                loadAssistiveTechnologies();

+                try {

+                    loadAssistiveTechnologies();

+                } catch (AWTError error) {

+                    // ignore silently

+                }

             }

         }

         return toolkit;

     }