diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrResourceLoader.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrResourceLoader.java
index ac170aebdab1..64572750d8c6 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrResourceLoader.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrResourceLoader.java
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ synchronized void addToClassLoader(List<URL> urls) {
    * and before using this ResourceLoader.
    */
   synchronized void reloadLuceneSPI() {
-    if (Boolean.getBoolean("solr.skipReloadSPI")) {
+    if (!Boolean.getBoolean("solr.reloadSPI")) {
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/solr/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/solr/SolrTestCase.java b/solr/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/solr/SolrTestCase.java
index 6312e149bb87..5c7070adad55 100644
--- a/solr/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/solr/SolrTestCase.java
+++ b/solr/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/solr/SolrTestCase.java
@@ -187,7 +187,9 @@ public static void setDefaultConfigDirSysPropIfNotSet() throws Exception {
       // can make things quite slow
       System.setProperty("solr.disableJmxReporter", "true");
       System.setProperty("solr.skipCommitOnClose", "true");
-      System.setProperty("solr.skipReloadSPI", "true"); // can generate tons of URL garbage and can happen too often
+
+      // can generate tons of URL garbage and can happen too often, defaults to false now anyway
+      System.setProperty("solr.reloadSPI", "false");
 
       // nocommit - not used again yet
       System.setProperty("solr.OverseerStateUpdateDelay", "0");