diff --git a/nbconvert/preprocessors/tests/files/update-display-id.ipynb b/nbconvert/preprocessors/tests/files/update-display-id.ipynb
index 22c8c04a7..1c3991a7a 100644
--- a/nbconvert/preprocessors/tests/files/update-display-id.ipynb
+++ b/nbconvert/preprocessors/tests/files/update-display-id.ipynb
@@ -167,25 +167,7 @@
    ]
   }
  ],
- "metadata": {
-  "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "Python 3",
-   "language": "python",
-   "name": "python3"
-  },
-  "language_info": {
-   "codemirror_mode": {
-    "name": "ipython",
-    "version": 3
-   },
-   "file_extension": ".py",
-   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
-   "name": "python",
-   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
-   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.5.3"
-  }
- },
+ "metadata": {},
  "nbformat": 4,
  "nbformat_minor": 2
 }