diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/TestSXSSFSheet.java b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/TestSXSSFSheet.java
index 3f95dfb28e..5ab64a69aa 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/TestSXSSFSheet.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/TestSXSSFSheet.java
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ public final class TestSXSSFSheet extends BaseTestXSheet {
                 workbook1.write(bos);
             }
             width1 = sheet.getColumnWidth(0);
-            sheet.setColumnWidth(0, sheet.getColumnWidth(0) + 100);
         }
 
         assertEquals(width0 + extra, width1);