diff --git a/tests/monotouch-test/System.Net.Http/MessageHandlers.cs b/tests/monotouch-test/System.Net.Http/MessageHandlers.cs
index 6b94c6e01d92..977a46dffc62 100644
--- a/tests/monotouch-test/System.Net.Http/MessageHandlers.cs
+++ b/tests/monotouch-test/System.Net.Http/MessageHandlers.cs
@@ -818,7 +818,6 @@ public void GHIssue16339 ()
 				for (var i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
 					var rsp = delegatingHandler.Responses [i];
 					Assert.IsTrue (delegatingHandler.IsCompleted (i), $"Completed #{i}");
-					Assert.IsTrue (rsp.IsSuccessStatusCode, $"IsSuccessStatusCode #{i}");
 					Assert.AreEqual ("OK", rsp.ReasonPhrase, $"ReasonPhrase #{i}");
 					Assert.AreEqual (HttpStatusCode.OK, rsp.StatusCode, $"StatusCode #{i}");