diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_dependency_collector.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_dependency_collector.rb
index 25ab71daae..032ad0a25c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_dependency_collector.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_dependency_collector.rb
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ class DependencyCollectorTests < Homebrew::TestCase
 
   def test_resource_dep_raises_for_unknown_classes
     resource = Resource.new
-    resource.url "foo"
     resource.download_strategy = Class.new
     assert_raises(TypeError) { @d.add(resource) }
   end