diff --git a/tests/test_clustering/test_exchanges.py b/tests/test_clustering/test_exchanges.py
index a070d2bd94d82e6d7777cc3b39eaff916e063fc2..1a6e7a83f8e216fc5a163bd0168f82e4f678ccdc 100644
--- a/tests/test_clustering/test_exchanges.py
+++ b/tests/test_clustering/test_exchanges.py
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@ class TestExchanges(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_declare_exchange(self):
         a = Exchange(u'jolax', type=b'fanout', auto_delete=True)
-        bad = Exchange(u'jolax', type=b'topic', auto_delete=True)
-
         self.c.declare(a).result()
-        self.c.declare(bad).result()    # succeeds nevertheless
 
     def test_fanout(self):
         x = Exchange(u'jola', type='direct', auto_delete=True)