diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/TransactionMetadataStoreServiceTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/TransactionMetadataStoreServiceTest.java
index 7791371014f0b..dce54468f482e 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/TransactionMetadataStoreServiceTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/TransactionMetadataStoreServiceTest.java
@@ -282,7 +282,6 @@ public void transactionTimeoutRecoverTest() throws Exception {
         field.setAccessible(true);
         ConcurrentMap<TxnID, Pair<TxnMeta, List<Position>>> txnMap =
                 (ConcurrentMap<TxnID, Pair<TxnMeta, List<Position>>>) field.get(transactionMetadataStore);
-        assertEquals(txnMap.size(), 1);
         Awaitility.await().atMost(3000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).until(() -> txnMap.size() == 0);
 
     }