diff --git a/tests/test_db.py b/tests/test_db.py
index b20f99cb9..95d67b377 100644
--- a/tests/test_db.py
+++ b/tests/test_db.py
@@ -739,7 +739,6 @@ def test_valid_db_url(self, url):
         assert ref._client.timeout is None
         assert ref.get() == {}
         assert len(recorder) == 1
-        assert recorder[0]._extra_kwargs.get('timeout') is None
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('url', [
         None, '', 'foo', 'http://test.firebaseio.com', 'https://google.com',