diff --git a/tests/sp2n/Makefile.am b/tests/sp2n/Makefile.am
index 835d101f..346c8ad0 100644
--- a/tests/sp2n/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/sp2n/Makefile.am
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ check: tests
 	./Test_project_on_Sp
 	./Test_sp2n_lie_gen
 	./Test_Sp_start
-	./Test_hmc_Sp_Wilson2ASFermionGauge --grid 4.4.4.4 --Trajectories 1 --Thermalizations 0 --StartingType ColdStart --assert=true
diff --git a/tests/sp2n/Test_hmc_Sp_Wilson2ASFermionGauge.cc b/tests/sp2n/Test_hmc_Sp_Wilson2ASFermionGauge.cc
index 1b633194..b7cdb95f 100644
--- a/tests/sp2n/Test_hmc_Sp_Wilson2ASFermionGauge.cc
+++ b/tests/sp2n/Test_hmc_Sp_Wilson2ASFermionGauge.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include <Grid/Grid.h>
 
-int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   using namespace Grid;
 
   typedef Representations<SpFundamentalRepresentation,
@@ -77,15 +77,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   TheHMC.ReadCommandLine(argc, argv);
   TheHMC.Run();
 
-  if (std::string(argv[argc - 1]).compare("--assert=true") == 0) {
-    // this is the pseudofermion action's value for
-    // --grid 4.4.4.4 --Trajectories 1 --Thermalizations 0 --StartingType
-    // ColdStart and Nc == 4 if this assertion fails, check that you have run
-    // with these exact parameters
-    assert(Nc == 4);
-    assert(abs(Nf2.S(U) - 6586.6498) < 1.e-4);
-  }
-
   Grid_finalize();
 }