diff --git a/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/DatacenterClientLiveTest.java b/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/DatacenterClientLiveTest.java
index dd16682fc5..55362b2ef7 100644
--- a/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/DatacenterClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/DatacenterClientLiveTest.java
@@ -96,6 +96,5 @@ public class DatacenterClientLiveTest extends BaseSoftLayerClientLiveTest {
    private void checkAddress(Address address) {
       assert address.getId() >0 : address;
       assert address.getCountry() != null : address;
-      assert address.getState() != null : address;
    }
 }