diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/impl/TestErrorTranslation.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/impl/TestErrorTranslation.java
index dd4abe64c6..a1fdbabb94 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/impl/TestErrorTranslation.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/impl/TestErrorTranslation.java
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ public void testMultiObjectExceptionFilledIn() throws Throwable {
         .exception(ase)
         .build();
     RetryOnErrorCodeCondition retry = RetryOnErrorCodeCondition.create("");
-    assertTrue("retry policy of MultiObjectException",
-        retry.shouldRetry(context));
 
     Assertions.assertThat(retry.shouldRetry(context))
         .describedAs("retry policy of MultiObjectException")