diff --git a/google/cloud/grpc_utils/completion_queue_test.cc b/google/cloud/grpc_utils/completion_queue_test.cc
index 715680e..670ea9b 100644
--- a/google/cloud/grpc_utils/completion_queue_test.cc
+++ b/google/cloud/grpc_utils/completion_queue_test.cc
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@ TEST(CompletionQueueTest, MakeStreamingReadRpc) {
 }
 
 TEST(CompletionQueueTest, RunAsync) {
-  using ms = std::chrono::milliseconds;
   CompletionQueue cq;
 
   std::thread runner([&cq] { cq.Run(); });
@@ -277,7 +276,6 @@ TEST(CompletionQueueTest, RunAsync) {
   cq.RunAsync([&done_promise](CompletionQueue&) { done_promise.set_value(); });
 
   auto done = done_promise.get_future();
-  EXPECT_EQ(std::future_status::ready, done.wait_for(ms(10)));
   done.get();
 
   cq.Shutdown();