diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/support/DefaultActiveProfilesResolver.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/support/DefaultActiveProfilesResolver.java
index 0c191e467b..6f87fb0289 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/support/DefaultActiveProfilesResolver.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/support/DefaultActiveProfilesResolver.java
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.test.context.support;
 
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.TreeSet;
-
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
@@ -26,7 +23,6 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfilesResolver;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestContextAnnotationUtils.AnnotationDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import static org.springframework.test.context.TestContextAnnotationUtils.findAnnotationDescriptor;
 
@@ -43,6 +39,8 @@ import static org.springframework.test.context.TestContextAnnotationUtils.findAn
  */
 public class DefaultActiveProfilesResolver implements ActiveProfilesResolver {
 
+	private static final String[] EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY = new String[0];
+
 	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(DefaultActiveProfilesResolver.class);
 
 
@@ -58,36 +56,24 @@ public class DefaultActiveProfilesResolver implements ActiveProfilesResolver {
 	@Override
 	public String[] resolve(Class<?> testClass) {
 		Assert.notNull(testClass, "Class must not be null");
-
-		Set<String> activeProfiles = new TreeSet<>();
-
-		Class<ActiveProfiles> annotationType = ActiveProfiles.class;
-		AnnotationDescriptor<ActiveProfiles> descriptor = findAnnotationDescriptor(testClass, annotationType);
+		AnnotationDescriptor<ActiveProfiles> descriptor = findAnnotationDescriptor(testClass, ActiveProfiles.class);
 
 		if (descriptor == null) {
 			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
 				logger.debug(String.format(
 					"Could not find an 'annotation declaring class' for annotation type [%s] and class [%s]",
-					annotationType.getName(), testClass.getName()));
+					ActiveProfiles.class.getName(), testClass.getName()));
 			}
+			return EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY;
 		}
 		else {
-			Class<?> declaringClass = descriptor.getDeclaringClass();
 			ActiveProfiles annotation = descriptor.synthesizeAnnotation();
-
 			if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
 				logger.trace(String.format("Retrieved @ActiveProfiles [%s] for declaring class [%s].", annotation,
-					declaringClass.getName()));
-			}
-
-			for (String profile : annotation.profiles()) {
-				if (StringUtils.hasText(profile)) {
-					activeProfiles.add(profile.trim());
-				}
+					descriptor.getDeclaringClass().getName()));
 			}
+			return annotation.profiles();
 		}
-
-		return StringUtils.toStringArray(activeProfiles);
 	}
 
 }