diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/hamcrest/ElasticsearchAssertions.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/hamcrest/ElasticsearchAssertions.java
index 425df88abe7..f655a5e3086 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/hamcrest/ElasticsearchAssertions.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/hamcrest/ElasticsearchAssertions.java
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ public class ElasticsearchAssertions {
     }
 
     public static void assertHitCount(CountResponse countResponse, long expectedHitCount) {
-        assertThat(countResponse.getCount(), is(expectedHitCount));
         if (countResponse.getCount() != expectedHitCount) {
             String msg = "Count is " + countResponse.getCount() + " but " + expectedHitCount + " was expected. " +
                     countResponse.getFailedShards() + " shard failures:";