diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestOpenTableInCoprocessor.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestOpenTableInCoprocessor.java
index 7bc2a78be83..7928b36c78b 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestOpenTableInCoprocessor.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestOpenTableInCoprocessor.java
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ public class TestOpenTableInCoprocessor {
     public void prePut(final ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment> e, final Put put,
         final WALEdit edit, final Durability durability) throws IOException {
       HTableInterface table = e.getEnvironment().getTable(otherTable);
-      Put p = new Put(new byte[] { 'a' });
-      p.add(family, null, new byte[] { 'a' });
       table.put(put);
       table.flushCommits();
       completed[0] = true;