diff --git a/plugin/evm/post_processing_test.go b/plugin/evm/post_processing_test.go
index 0e5af4f6c2..1ea79db57f 100644
--- a/plugin/evm/post_processing_test.go
+++ b/plugin/evm/post_processing_test.go
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ func TestPostProcess(t *testing.T) {
 			} else {
 				t.Logf("account write without read: %x -> %x", k, v)
 			}
-			if len(v) == 0 {
-				accountDeletes++
-			}
 			if tapeVerbose {
 				t.Logf("account write: %x -> %x", k, v)
 			}