diff --git a/src/ruby/spec/client_server_spec.rb b/src/ruby/spec/client_server_spec.rb
index 96b8ef4300e915c5297d9d25a4279df661fd6c55..f5acae896aa02c10f6b60c608c20ea146438f613 100644
--- a/src/ruby/spec/client_server_spec.rb
+++ b/src/ruby/spec/client_server_spec.rb
@@ -292,10 +292,10 @@ shared_examples 'GRPC metadata delivery works OK' do
       # TODO: update this with the bug number to be resolved
       ev = expect_next_event_on(@client_queue, CLIENT_METADATA_READ,
                                 @client_metadata_tag)
-      expect(ev.result).to eq(':status' => '200')
+      expect(ev.result).to eq({})
     end
 
-    it 'sends all the pairs and status:200 when keys and values are valid' do
+    it 'sends all the pairs when keys and values are valid' do
       @valid_metadata.each do |md|
         call = new_client_call
         call.invoke(@client_queue, @client_metadata_tag, @client_finished_tag)
@@ -314,7 +314,6 @@ shared_examples 'GRPC metadata delivery works OK' do
         ev = expect_next_event_on(@client_queue, CLIENT_METADATA_READ,
                                   @client_metadata_tag)
         replace_symbols = Hash[md.each_pair.collect { |x, y| [x.to_s, y] }]
-        replace_symbols[':status'] = '200'
         expect(ev.result).to eq(replace_symbols)
       end
     end