diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/copyto/CopyToMapperIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/copyto/CopyToMapperIntegrationTests.java
index f56a6691a20..40fccf04038 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/copyto/CopyToMapperIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/copyto/CopyToMapperIntegrationTests.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ public class CopyToMapperIntegrationTests extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
                 client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("test-idx")
                         .addMapping("doc", createDynamicTemplateMapping())
         );
-        ensureGreen("test-idx");
 
         int recordCount = between(1, 200);