diff --git a/tests/ansible/regression/issue_332_ansiblemoduleerror_first_occurrence.yml b/tests/ansible/regression/issue_332_ansiblemoduleerror_first_occurrence.yml
index 0162c210..6f32af19 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/regression/issue_332_ansiblemoduleerror_first_occurrence.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible/regression/issue_332_ansiblemoduleerror_first_occurrence.yml
@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@
 
   - assert:
       that:
-        - out.state == 'absent'
         - out.msg == 'file (/usr/bin/does-not-exist) is absent, cannot continue'