diff --git a/tests/tests/com/google/common/geometry/S2CellUnionTest.java b/tests/tests/com/google/common/geometry/S2CellUnionTest.java
index a414583..db5a4b2 100644
--- a/tests/tests/com/google/common/geometry/S2CellUnionTest.java
+++ b/tests/tests/com/google/common/geometry/S2CellUnionTest.java
@@ -264,9 +264,6 @@ public void testNormalize() {
             assertEquals(1, u.size());
             assertEquals(yId, u.cellId(0));
           } else if (yId.contains(xId)) {
-            if (!u.contains(xId)) {
-              u.getIntersection(xCells, yId);
-            }
             assertTrue(u.contains(xId));
           }
         }