Index: trunk/test/functional/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/GettingStartedTest.java
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--- trunk/test/functional/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/GettingStartedTest.java	(revision 16871)
+++ trunk/test/functional/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/GettingStartedTest.java	(revision 16897)
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.JOSMFixture;
@@ -29,8 +31,9 @@
      */
     @Test
+    @Ignore("see #15240, inactive for /browser/trunk/nodist/images/download.png")
     public void testImageReplacement() throws IOException {
         final String motd = new GettingStarted.MotdContent().updateIfRequiredString();
         // assuming that the MOTD contains one image included, fixImageLinks changes the HTML string
-        assertFalse(GettingStarted.fixImageLinks(motd).equals(motd));
+        assertNotEquals(GettingStarted.fixImageLinks(motd), motd);
     }
 
@@ -42,6 +45,5 @@
         final String html = "the download button <img src=\"/browser/trunk/resources/images/download.svg?format=raw\" " +
                 "alt=\"source:trunk/resources/images/download.svg\" title=\"source:trunk/resources/images/download.svg\" />.";
-        assertFalse(GettingStarted.fixImageLinks(html).equals(html));
-
+        assertNotEquals(GettingStarted.fixImageLinks(html), html);
     }
 }