diff --git a/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDConfig.ml b/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDConfig.ml
index 2d2e7a21d..3ba625e63 100644
--- a/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDConfig.ml
+++ b/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDConfig.ml
@@ -647,10 +647,10 @@ module Models = struct
                 classes (non-channel based I/O), to methods `(Reader|InputStream).read*`.
                 Initially, (Writer|OutputStream).(flush|close) were also matched, but this generated too
                 many reports *)
-  let is_blocking_java_io =
-    is_call_of_class_or_superclass ["java.io.Reader"; "java.io.InputStream"] ~method_prefix:true
-      "read"
 
+  (* let is_blocking_java_io =
+    is_call_of_class_or_superclass ["java.io.Reader"; "java.io.InputStream"] ~method_prefix:true
+      "read" *)
 
   let actuals_are_empty_or_timeout = function
     | [_] ->
@@ -702,8 +702,7 @@ module Models = struct
   let may_block =
     let open StarvationDomain.Event in
     let matchers =
-      [ (is_blocking_java_io, Low)
-      ; (is_countdownlatch_await, Medium)
+      [ (is_countdownlatch_await, Medium)
       ; (is_two_way_binder_transact, High)
       ; (is_getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame, Low)
       ; (is_future_get, High)
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Dedup.java b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Dedup.java
index 513dcbbb8..910b7ddef 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Dedup.java
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Dedup.java
@@ -5,26 +5,27 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import android.support.annotation.UiThread;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 class Dedup {
-  FileReader reader;
   CountDownLatch latch;
+  Future future;
 
   // only one report should be seen
   @UiThread
-  void onUiThreadBad() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+  void onUiThreadBad() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
     callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad();
   }
 
   // three reports are expected
   @UiThread
-  void callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad() throws InterruptedException, IOException  {
-    reader.read();
+  void callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
+    future.get();
     latch.await();
-    reader.read();
+    future.get();
   }
 }
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/JavaIO.java b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/JavaIO.java
index abaaaf531..4ba1aeb89 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/JavaIO.java
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/JavaIO.java
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ class JavaIO {
   }
 
   @UiThread
-  void fileReadBad() throws IOException {
+  void FN_fileReadBad() throws IOException {
     doFileRead();
   }
 
   @UiThread
-  void streamReadBad() throws IOException {
+  void FN_streamReadBad() throws IOException {
     doStreamRead();
   }
 
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/issues.exp b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/issues.exp
index bacfea19c..520bcc5ba 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/issues.exp
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/issues.exp
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Binders.java, void Binders.interBad(), 24, STARVAT
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Binders.java, void Binders.intraBad(), 30, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void Binders.intraBad()`,Method call: `void Binders.doTransact()`,calls `boolean Binder.transact(int,Parcel,Parcel,int)` from `void Binders.doTransact()`]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Countdwn.java, void Countdwn.awaitOnMainByAnnotBad(), 21, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void Countdwn.awaitOnMainByAnnotBad()`,calls `void CountDownLatch.await()` from `void Countdwn.awaitOnMainByAnnotBad()`]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Countdwn.java, void Countdwn.awaitOnMainByCallBad(), 16, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void Countdwn.awaitOnMainByCallBad()`,calls `void CountDownLatch.await()` from `void Countdwn.awaitOnMainByCallBad()`]
-codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Dedup.java, void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad(), 26, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad()`,calls `int InputStreamReader.read()` from `void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad()`]
-codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Dedup.java, void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad(), 27, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad()`,calls `void CountDownLatch.await()` from `void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad()`]
-codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Dedup.java, void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad(), 28, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad()`,calls `int InputStreamReader.read()` from `void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad()`]
-codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Dedup.java, void Dedup.onUiThreadBad(), 20, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void Dedup.onUiThreadBad()`,Method call: `void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad()`,calls `void CountDownLatch.await()` from `void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad()`]
+codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Dedup.java, void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad(), 27, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad()`,calls `Object Future.get()` from `void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad()`]
+codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Dedup.java, void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad(), 28, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad()`,calls `void CountDownLatch.await()` from `void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad()`]
+codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Dedup.java, void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad(), 29, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad()`,calls `Object Future.get()` from `void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad()`]
+codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Dedup.java, void Dedup.onUiThreadBad(), 21, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void Dedup.onUiThreadBad()`,Method call: `void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad()`,calls `Object Future.get()` from `void Dedup.callMethodWithMultipleBlocksBad()`]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/FutureGet.java, void FutureGet.getDirectBad(), 20, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void FutureGet.getDirectBad()`,calls `Object Future.get()` from `void FutureGet.getDirectBad()`]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/FutureGet.java, void FutureGet.getIndirectBad(), 25, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [[Trace 1] `void FutureGet.getIndirectBad()`,locks `this.FutureGet.lock` in class `FutureGet*`,[Trace 2] `void FutureGet.getUnderLock()`,locks `this.FutureGet.lock` in class `FutureGet*`,calls `Object Future.get()` from `void FutureGet.getUnderLock()`]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/FutureGet.java, void FutureGet.getTimeout50000001MicroSecondsBad(), 76, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void FutureGet.getTimeout50000001MicroSecondsBad()`,calls `Object Future.get(long,TimeUnit)` from `void FutureGet.getTimeout50000001MicroSecondsBad()`]
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ codetoanalyze/java/starvation/InnerClass.java, void InnerClass$InnerClassA.inner
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Interclass.java, void Interclass.interclass1Bad(InterclassA), 10, DEADLOCK, no_bucket, ERROR, [[Trace 1] `void Interclass.interclass1Bad(InterclassA)`,locks `this` in class `Interclass*`,Method call: `void InterclassA.interclass1Bad()`,locks `this` in class `InterclassA*`,[Trace 2] `void InterclassA.interclass2Bad(Interclass)`,locks `this` in class `InterclassA*`,Method call: `void Interclass.interclass2Bad()`,locks `this` in class `Interclass*`]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Interproc.java, void Interproc.interproc1Bad(InterprocA), 9, DEADLOCK, no_bucket, ERROR, [[Trace 1] `void Interproc.interproc1Bad(InterprocA)`,locks `this` in class `Interproc*`,Method call: `void Interproc.interproc2Bad(InterprocA)`,locks `b` in class `InterprocA*`,[Trace 2] `void InterprocA.interproc1Bad(Interproc)`,locks `this` in class `InterprocA*`,Method call: `void InterprocA.interproc2Bad(Interproc)`,locks `d` in class `Interproc*`]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Intraproc.java, void Intraproc.intraBad(IntraprocA), 10, DEADLOCK, no_bucket, ERROR, [[Trace 1] `void Intraproc.intraBad(IntraprocA)`,locks `this` in class `Intraproc*`,locks `o` in class `IntraprocA*`,[Trace 2] `void IntraprocA.intraBad(Intraproc)`,locks `this` in class `IntraprocA*`,locks `o` in class `Intraproc*`]
-codetoanalyze/java/starvation/JavaIO.java, void JavaIO.fileReadBad(), 31, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void JavaIO.fileReadBad()`,Method call: `int JavaIO.doFileRead()`,calls `int InputStreamReader.read()` from `int JavaIO.doFileRead()`]
-codetoanalyze/java/starvation/JavaIO.java, void JavaIO.streamReadBad(), 36, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void JavaIO.streamReadBad()`,Method call: `String JavaIO.doStreamRead()`,calls `String DataInputStream.readUTF()` from `String JavaIO.doStreamRead()`]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/LegacySync.java, Object LegacySync.onUiThreadOpBad(), 25, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [[Trace 1] `Object LegacySync.onUiThreadOpBad()`,locks `this.LegacySync.table` in class `LegacySync*`,[Trace 2] `void LegacySync.notOnUiThreadSyncedBad()`,locks `this.LegacySync.table` in class `LegacySync*`,calls `Object Future.get()` from `void LegacySync.notOnUiThreadSyncedBad()`]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/ServiceOnUIThread.java, IBinder ServiceOnUIThread.onBind(Intent), 19, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`IBinder ServiceOnUIThread.onBind(Intent)`,Method call: `void ServiceOnUIThread.transactBad()`,calls `boolean IBinder.transact(int,Parcel,Parcel,int)` from `void ServiceOnUIThread.transactBad()`]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/ServiceOnUIThread.java, void ServiceOnUIThread.transactBad(), 25, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void ServiceOnUIThread.transactBad()`,calls `boolean IBinder.transact(int,Parcel,Parcel,int)` from `void ServiceOnUIThread.transactBad()`]