diff --git a/test/ganeti.utils.io_unittest.py b/test/ganeti.utils.io_unittest.py
index 503ae1866e775074e90681df8a01c5dff8d37ced..a383203df185590da63277297bf1878b39852866 100755
--- a/test/ganeti.utils.io_unittest.py
+++ b/test/ganeti.utils.io_unittest.py
@@ -383,7 +383,6 @@ class TestFileID(testutils.GanetiTestCase):
   def testUpdate(self):
     name = self._CreateTempFile()
     oldi = utils.GetFileID(path=name)
-    os.utime(name, None)
     fd = os.open(name, os.O_RDWR)
     try:
       newi = utils.GetFileID(fd=fd)