diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevFlagSetTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevFlagSetTest.java
index 154fcdfee..2b5fc00a5 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevFlagSetTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevFlagSetTest.java
@@ -146,6 +146,5 @@ public class RevFlagSetTest extends RevWalkTestCase {
 		set.add(flag1);
 		assertTrue(set.contains(flag1));
 		assertFalse(set.contains(flag2));
-		assertFalse(set.contains("bob"));
 	}
 }