diff --git a/tests/trainer/test_trainer.py b/tests/trainer/test_trainer.py
index ae30cb28ce45cc..e47440650921cb 100644
--- a/tests/trainer/test_trainer.py
+++ b/tests/trainer/test_trainer.py
@@ -4089,7 +4089,6 @@ def test_save_best_checkpoint(self):
                 save_strategy="best",
                 compute_metrics=AlmostAccuracy(),
             )
-            self.assertTrue(trainer.args.metric_for_best_model == "loss")
 
             # Patch the `_evaluate` method to control the metrics returned during evaluation
             with patch.object(