diff --git a/src/test/test-mount-util.c b/src/test/test-mount-util.c
index 28d171de33..469aa35913 100644
--- a/src/test/test-mount-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-mount-util.c
@@ -538,7 +538,6 @@ TEST(bind_mount_submounts) {
 }
 
 TEST(path_is_network_fs_harder) {
-        ASSERT_OK(path_is_network_fs_harder("/"));
         ASSERT_OK_ZERO(path_is_network_fs_harder("/dev"));
         ASSERT_OK_ZERO(path_is_network_fs_harder("/sys"));
         ASSERT_OK_ZERO(path_is_network_fs_harder("/run"));