diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/AbstractUITagTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/AbstractUITagTest.java
index dddf2e45b..de8a0bdf4 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/AbstractUITagTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/AbstractUITagTest.java
@@ -244,18 +244,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractUITagTest extends AbstractTagTest {
      * @throws Exception if the validation failed
      */
     public void verify(URL url) throws Exception {
-        verify(url, null);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Attempt to verify the contents of this.writer against the contents of the URL specified.  verify() performs a
-     * trim on both ends
-     *
-     * @param url      the HTML snippet that we want to validate against
-     * @param excluded
-     * @throws Exception if the validation failed
-     */
-    public void verify(URL url, String[] excluded) throws Exception {
         if (url == null) {
             fail("unable to verify a null URL");
         } else if (this.writer == null) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/LabelTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/LabelTest.java
index e17d85716..7ef1155de 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/LabelTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/LabelTest.java
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 
 package org.apache.struts2.views.jsp.ui;
 
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-
 import org.apache.struts2.TestAction;
 import org.apache.struts2.views.jsp.AbstractUITagTest;
 
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 
 /**
  */
@@ -152,4 +152,23 @@ public class LabelTest extends AbstractUITagTest {
         verify(LabelTest.class.getResource("Label-4.txt"));
     }
 
+    public void testWithJustKeyValueFromStack() throws Exception {
+        TestAction testAction = (TestAction) action;
+        final String key = "labelKey";
+        final String value = "baz";
+
+        // put key with message in a "resource"
+        testAction.setText(key, value);
+
+        LabelTag tag = new LabelTag();
+        tag.setPageContext(pageContext);
+        tag.setKey(key);
+        tag.setTheme("simple");
+
+        tag.doStartTag();
+        tag.doEndTag();
+
+        verify(LabelTest.class.getResource("Label-6.txt"));
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Label-6.txt b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Label-6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7207777a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Label-6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<label id="labelKey">baz</label>