diff --git a/test/cpp/end2end/async_end2end_test.cc b/test/cpp/end2end/async_end2end_test.cc
index 4c2f0fa13b8c0f25681c8a1789076ee17d34e703..949a2ffa12c6b25a9e3f419f7995092bec14fed1 100644
--- a/test/cpp/end2end/async_end2end_test.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/end2end/async_end2end_test.cc
@@ -554,7 +554,6 @@ TEST_F(AsyncEnd2endTest, MetadataRpc) {
   EXPECT_EQ(meta1.second, client_initial_metadata.find(meta1.first)->second);
   EXPECT_EQ(meta2.second, client_initial_metadata.find(meta2.first)->second);
   EXPECT_EQ(static_cast<size_t>(2), client_initial_metadata.size());
-  client_ok(1);
 
   srv_ctx.AddInitialMetadata(meta3.first, meta3.second);
   srv_ctx.AddInitialMetadata(meta4.first, meta4.second);