diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/expunge/ExpungeHookTest.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/expunge/ExpungeHookTest.java
index 8a9f3106569..8cd0e76e03c 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/expunge/ExpungeHookTest.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/expunge/ExpungeHookTest.java
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ public class ExpungeHookTest extends BaseJpaDstu3Test {
                 Meta theMeta = new Meta();
                 theMeta.addProfile("http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-patient");
                 thePatient.setMeta(theMeta);
-                myPatientDao.update(thePatient, mySrd);
 
                 IIdType id = myPatientDao.update(thePatient, mySrd).getId();
                 assertNotNull(myPatientDao.read(id));