diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/SupervisorSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/SupervisorSpec.scala
index 8b14918c79..463d28fe55 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/SupervisorSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/SupervisorSpec.scala
@@ -408,7 +408,6 @@ class SupervisorSpec extends AkkaSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with ImplicitSende
 
       val latch = TestLatch()
       parent ! latch
-      parent ! "testchild"
       EventFilter[IllegalStateException]("OHNOES", occurrences = 1) intercept {
         latch.countDown()
       }