diff -urN a/Examples/test-suite/director_thread.i b/Examples/test-suite/director_thread.i
--- a/Examples/test-suite/director_thread.i	2022-11-30 08:35:05.000000000 +0100
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/director_thread.i	2024-01-27 17:33:22.863045414 +0100
@@ -105,24 +105,6 @@
       MilliSecondSleep(500);
     }
 
-    void setThreadName() {
-%#ifdef _WIN32
-%#else
-
-%#ifdef __APPLE__
-      int setname = pthread_setname_np("MyThreadName");
-%#else
-      int setname = pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "MyThreadName");
-%#endif
-
-      if (setname != 0) {
-        errno = setname;
-        perror("calling pthread_setname_np in setThreadName()");
-        assert(0);
-      }
-%#endif
-    }
-
     static bool namedThread() {
 %#ifdef _WIN32
       return false;
@@ -146,7 +128,6 @@
 #endif
   {
     Foo* f = static_cast<Foo*>(t);
-    f->setThreadName();
     while (!get_thread_terminate()) {
       MilliSecondSleep(50);
       f->do_foo();