diff --git a/test/asynchronous/test_collation.py b/test/asynchronous/test_collation.py
index 05e548c79e..78b28ab3df 100644
--- a/test/asynchronous/test_collation.py
+++ b/test/asynchronous/test_collation.py
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ async def test_indexes_same_keys_different_collations(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             ja_collation.document["locale"], indexes["japanese_version"]["collation"]["locale"]
         )
-        self.assertNotIn("collation", indexes["simple"])
         await self.db.test.drop_index("fieldname_1")
         indexes = await self.db.test.index_information()
         self.assertIn("japanese_version", indexes)
diff --git a/test/test_collation.py b/test/test_collation.py
index 5425551dc6..0f5efa92dd 100644
--- a/test/test_collation.py
+++ b/test/test_collation.py
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ def test_indexes_same_keys_different_collations(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             ja_collation.document["locale"], indexes["japanese_version"]["collation"]["locale"]
         )
-        self.assertNotIn("collation", indexes["simple"])
         self.db.test.drop_index("fieldname_1")
         indexes = self.db.test.index_information()
         self.assertIn("japanese_version", indexes)