diff --git a/management/internals/shared/grpc/proxy_test.go b/management/internals/shared/grpc/proxy_test.go
index 714569934..8308abbf3 100644
--- a/management/internals/shared/grpc/proxy_test.go
+++ b/management/internals/shared/grpc/proxy_test.go
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@ func TestSendServiceUpdateToCluster_DeleteNoToken(t *testing.T) {
 	// Delete operations should not generate tokens
 	assert.Empty(t, msg1.AuthToken)
 	assert.Empty(t, msg2.AuthToken)
-
-	// No tokens should have been created
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, tokenStore.GetTokenCount())
 }
 
 func TestSendServiceUpdate_UniqueTokensPerProxy(t *testing.T) {