diff --git a/solr/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/AbstractFullDistribZkTestBase.java b/solr/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/AbstractFullDistribZkTestBase.java
index 99c9aec79c2..0fcda295689 100644
--- a/solr/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/AbstractFullDistribZkTestBase.java
+++ b/solr/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/AbstractFullDistribZkTestBase.java
@@ -619,7 +619,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDistribZkTestBase extends AbstractDistribZkTes
     req.add(doc);
     req.setParam("CONTROL", "TRUE");
     req.process(controlClient);
-    controlClient.add(doc);
     
     // if we wanted to randomly pick a client - but sometimes they may be
     // down...