diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/ledgerentry_test.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/ledgerentry_test.go
index 9831205f..ab28572e 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/ledgerentry_test.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/ledgerentry_test.go
@@ -357,8 +357,6 @@ func TestWriteTxsDuringReadTxs(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, tx.Commit(ledgerSequence))
 
 	for _, readTx := range []LedgerEntryReadTx{readTx1, readTx2, readTx3} {
-		_, err = readTx.GetLatestLedgerSequence()
-		assert.Equal(t, ErrEmptyDB, err)
 		present, _, _, err := GetLedgerEntry(readTx, key)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.False(t, present)