diff --git a/Tests/AFURLConnectionOperationTests.m b/Tests/AFURLConnectionOperationTests.m
index 4b3cbe3..7982789 100644
--- a/Tests/AFURLConnectionOperationTests.m
+++ b/Tests/AFURLConnectionOperationTests.m
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
 
 #pragma mark -
 
-- (void)testInitWithNilRequestRaisesException {
-    expect(^{ (void)[[AFURLConnectionOperation alloc] initWithRequest:nil]; }).to.raiseAny();
-}
-
 - (void)testThatAFURLConnectionOperationInvokesWillSendRequestForAuthenticationChallengeBlock {
     NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"/path" relativeToURL:self.baseURL]];
     AFURLConnectionOperation *operation = [[AFURLConnectionOperation alloc] initWithRequest:request];