diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegion.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegion.java
index cc963498df3..57f63f5c579 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegion.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegion.java
@@ -1242,15 +1242,6 @@ public class TestHRegion {
       HConstants.EMPTY_END_ROW, false, Durability.USE_DEFAULT, wal, family);
     region.put(put);
 
-    // 2. Test case where START_FLUSH succeeds but COMMIT_FLUSH will throw exception
-    wal.flushActions = new FlushAction [] {FlushAction.COMMIT_FLUSH};
-    wal = new FailAppendFlushMarkerWAL(FileSystem.get(walConf), FSUtils.getRootDir(walConf),
-          method, walConf);
-
-    this.region = initHRegion(tableName, HConstants.EMPTY_START_ROW,
-      HConstants.EMPTY_END_ROW, false, Durability.USE_DEFAULT, wal, family);
-    region.put(put);
-
     // 3. Test case where ABORT_FLUSH will throw exception.
     // Even if ABORT_FLUSH throws exception, we should not fail with IOE, but continue with
     // DroppedSnapshotException. Below COMMMIT_FLUSH will cause flush to abort