diff --git a/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/GroupToBootScriptTest.java b/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/GroupToBootScriptTest.java
index 03d4322275..213a4df1ac 100644
--- a/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/GroupToBootScriptTest.java
+++ b/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/GroupToBootScriptTest.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class GroupToBootScriptTest {
             fn.apply("foo").render(OsFamily.UNIX),
             Resources.toString(Resources.getResource("test_install_ruby." + ShellToken.SH.to(OsFamily.UNIX)),
                   Charsets.UTF_8)
-                  + "gem install chef -v '>= 10.16.4' --no-rdoc --no-ri\n"
+                  + "gem install chef --no-rdoc --no-ri\n"
                   + Resources.toString(Resources.getResource("bootstrap.sh"), Charsets.UTF_8));
 
       verify(validatorKey);