diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/logmanager/formatters/StructuredFormatter.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/logmanager/formatters/StructuredFormatter.java
index d83b5ad8..562ccba2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/logmanager/formatters/StructuredFormatter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/logmanager/formatters/StructuredFormatter.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.jboss.logmanager.formatters;
 
-import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
@@ -248,9 +247,9 @@ public final synchronized String format(final ExtLogRecord record) {
                 }
 
                 if (isFormattedExceptionOutputType()) {
-                    final StringBuilderWriter w = new StringBuilderWriter();
-                    thrown.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(w));
-                    generator.add(getKey(Key.STACK_TRACE), w.toString());
+                    final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+                    StackTraceFormatter.renderStackTrace(sb, thrown, false, -1);
+                    generator.add(getKey(Key.STACK_TRACE), sb.toString());
                 }
             }
             if (details) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jboss/logmanager/formatters/StackTraceFormatterTests.java b/src/test/java/org/jboss/logmanager/formatters/StackTraceFormatterTests.java
index d7f2facd..47afab6b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jboss/logmanager/formatters/StackTraceFormatterTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jboss/logmanager/formatters/StackTraceFormatterTests.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 
 import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 /**
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@
  */
 public class StackTraceFormatterTests {
 
+    private static final boolean IS_IBM_JDK = System.getProperty("java.vendor").startsWith("IBM");
+
     @Test
     public void compareSimpleStackTrace() {
         final RuntimeException e = new RuntimeException();
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ public void compareCauseStackTrace() {
 
     @Test
     public void compareSuppressedAndCauseStackTrace() {
+        Assume.assumeFalse("The IBM JDK does not show print circular references.", IS_IBM_JDK);
         final RuntimeException r1 = new RuntimeException("Exception 1");
         final RuntimeException r2 = new RuntimeException("Exception 2", r1);
         final RuntimeException r3 = new RuntimeException("Exception 3", r2);
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@ public void compareSuppressedAndCauseStackTrace() {
 
     @Test
     public void compareNestedSuppressedStackTrace() {
+        Assume.assumeFalse("The IBM JDK does not show print circular references.", IS_IBM_JDK);
         final RuntimeException r1 = new RuntimeException("Exception 1");
         final RuntimeException r2 = new RuntimeException("Exception 2", r1);
         final RuntimeException r3 = new RuntimeException("Exception 3", r2);
@@ -99,6 +104,7 @@ public void compareNestedSuppressedStackTrace() {
 
     @Test
     public void compareMultiNestedSuppressedStackTrace() {
+        Assume.assumeFalse("The IBM JDK does not show print circular references.", IS_IBM_JDK);
         final Throwable cause = createMultiNestedCause();
 
         final StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
@@ -112,6 +118,7 @@ public void compareMultiNestedSuppressedStackTrace() {
 
     @Test
     public void compareMultiNestedSuppressedAndNestedCauseStackTrace() {
+        Assume.assumeFalse("The IBM JDK does not show print circular references.", IS_IBM_JDK);
         final Throwable rootCause = createMultiNestedCause();
         final RuntimeException cause = new RuntimeException("This is the parent", rootCause);