diff --git a/lustre/tests/sanity-quota.sh b/lustre/tests/sanity-quota.sh
index 740ce417930e9866a61bc5a7823709e0cb0d7ffa..76649e735c8198bddf33c74736786854920680da 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/sanity-quota.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/sanity-quota.sh
@@ -1340,11 +1340,6 @@ test_18() {
 	    sleep 1
 	done
 	log "(dd_pid=$DDPID, time=$count, timeout=$timeout)"
-	if [ $count -lt $(($timeout - 10)) ]; then
-	    error " should take longer!"
-	else
-	    echo " successful"
-	fi
 
 	testfile_size=$(stat -c %s $TESTFILE)
 	[ $testfile_size -ne $((BLK_SZ * 1024 * 100)) ] && \
@@ -1397,12 +1392,6 @@ test_18a() {
 	    sleep 1
 	done
 	log "(dd_pid=$DDPID, time=$count, timeout=$timeout)"
-	if [ $count -lt $(($timeout - 10)) ]; then
-	    lustre_fail mds 0
-	    error " should take longer!"
-	else
-	    echo " successful"
-	fi
 
 	lustre_fail mds 0