diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/condition/resourcecontains-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/condition/resourcecontains-test.xml
index cc927958a..be3fca3b7 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/condition/resourcecontains-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/condition/resourcecontains-test.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="testcontains">
-    <au:assertFileExists file="${file}"/>
     <au:assertTrue message="Should have found the text in the resource">
       <resourcecontains resource="${file}" substring="text"/>
     </au:assertTrue>