diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/ChainStringBuilderAppendCallsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/ChainStringBuilderAppendCallsTest.java
index f48c0dafa..a57b908df 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/ChainStringBuilderAppendCallsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/ChainStringBuilderAppendCallsTest.java
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ void method1() {
     @Test
     void runMultipleTimes() {
         rewriteRun(
-          spec -> spec.expectedCyclesThatMakeChanges(2),
           //language=java
           java(
             """