diff --git a/project/scripts/cmdTests b/project/scripts/cmdTests
index 453590084b00..dae553d39ca1 100755
--- a/project/scripts/cmdTests
+++ b/project/scripts/cmdTests
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ cp tests/neg-macros/i6371/A_1.scala $OUT/A.scala
 cp tests/neg-macros/i6371/B_2.scala $OUT/B.scala
 "$SBT" "scalac $OUT/A.scala -d $OUT1"
 rm $OUT/A.scala
-"$SBT" "scalac -classpath $OUT1 -d $OUT1 $OUT/B.scala" > "$tmp" 2>&1 || echo "ok"
+# this command is expected to fail
+# setting -Dscan=false disables publishing scans to develocity.scala-lang.org
+"$SBT" "scalac -classpath $OUT1 -d $OUT1 $OUT/B.scala -Dscan=false" > "$tmp" 2>&1 || echo "ok"
 # cat "$tmp" # for debugging
 grep -qe "B.scala:2:7" "$tmp"
 grep -qe "This location contains code that was inlined from A.scala:3" "$tmp"