diff --git a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestMetricsUserSourceImpl.java b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestMetricsUserSourceImpl.java
index 3155e66fc985..aa8c3d75ee68 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestMetricsUserSourceImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestMetricsUserSourceImpl.java
@@ -47,10 +47,8 @@ public void testCompareToHashCodeEquals() throws Exception {
     assertTrue(one.compareTo(two) != 0);
     assertTrue(two.compareTo(one) != 0);
     assertTrue(two.compareTo(one) != one.compareTo(two));
-    assertTrue(two.compareTo(two) == 0);
   }
 
-
   @Test (expected = RuntimeException.class)
   public void testNoGetRegionServerMetricsSourceImpl() throws Exception {
     // This should throw an exception because MetricsUserSourceImpl should only