diff --git a/poi-scratchpad/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestHWPFWrite.java b/poi-scratchpad/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestHWPFWrite.java
index 0f2039677a..4e596f9e6b 100644
--- a/poi-scratchpad/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestHWPFWrite.java
+++ b/poi-scratchpad/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestHWPFWrite.java
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ public final class TestHWPFWrite extends HWPFTestCase {
     void testBug65436() throws IOException {
         UnsynchronizedByteArrayOutputStream baos = new UnsynchronizedByteArrayOutputStream();
         try (HWPFDocument doc = HWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleFile("SampleDoc.doc")) {
-            doc
             Range r = doc.getRange();
             assertEquals("I am a test document\r", r.getParagraph(0).text());
             doc.write(baos);