diff --git a/src/test/java/org/luaj/debug/j2se/LuaJVMTest.java b/src/test/java/org/luaj/debug/j2se/LuaJVMTest.java
index dd58b1b9..4735410f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/luaj/debug/j2se/LuaJVMTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/luaj/debug/j2se/LuaJVMTest.java
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ public class LuaJVMTest extends TestCase {
         try {
             vm.parse(args);
             vm.run();
-            fail("Bad parsing program. Should never reach this line.");
         } catch (ParseException e) {
             fail("Should never reach this line.");
         }