diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3183LoggingToFileTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3183LoggingToFileTest.java
index d905981a74..f90ba8ebb8 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3183LoggingToFileTest.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3183LoggingToFileTest.java
@@ -67,14 +67,7 @@ public class MavenITmng3183LoggingToFileTest extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTes
             }
         }
 
-        if (getMavenVersion().getMajorVersion() < 4) {
-            assertEquals(Collections.EMPTY_LIST, stdout);
-        } else {
-            assertEquals(1, stdout.size());
-            assertEquals(
-                    "Unable to find the root directory. Create a .mvn directory in the root directory or add the root=\"true\" attribute on the root project's model to identify it.",
-                    stdout.iterator().next());
-        }
+        assertEquals(Collections.EMPTY_LIST, stdout);
 
         List<String> log = verifier.loadLines("maven.log", "UTF-8");
 
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4387/.mvn/empty b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4387/.mvn/empty
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000