diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_git/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_git/tasks/main.yml
index 4bdc1d8bd87..831db8ea698 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_git/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_git/tasks/main.yml
@@ -65,16 +65,11 @@
   stat: path={{ checkout_dir }}/.git/HEAD
   register: head
 
-- name: check for remotes
-  stat: path={{ checkout_dir }}/.git/branches
-  register: branches
-
 - name: assert presence of tags/trunk/branches
   assert:
     that:
       - "tags.stat.isdir"
       - "head.stat.isreg"
-      - "branches.stat.isdir"
 
 - name: verify on a reclone things are marked unchanged
   assert: