diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/epee_utils.cpp b/tests/unit_tests/epee_utils.cpp
index dd3aafaa6..3573f21ba 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/epee_utils.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/epee_utils.cpp
@@ -1899,7 +1899,6 @@ TEST(parsing, strtoul)
   p = "q";
   endp = nullptr;
   ul = std::strtoul(p, const_cast<char**>(&endp), 10);
-  EXPECT_EQ(0, errno);
   EXPECT_EQ(0, ul);
   EXPECT_EQ(p, endp);