diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_cleaner.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_cleaner.rb
index c0e7674605..9e902328ac 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_cleaner.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_cleaner.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ class CleanerTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
     f = CleanerTestBall.new
     shutup { f.brew { f.install } }
 
-    assert_nothing_raised { Cleaner.new f }
+    Cleaner.new f
+
     assert_equal 0100555, (f.bin/'a.out').stat.mode
     assert_equal 0100444, (f.lib/'fat.dylib').stat.mode
     assert_equal 0100444, (f.lib/'x86_64.dylib').stat.mode