diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_hg/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_hg/tasks/main.yml
index c6d6f70b06..4eee22e4c7 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_hg/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_hg/tasks/main.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
   assert:
     that:
       - "tags.stat.isreg"
-      - "head.stat.isreg"
       - "branches.stat.isreg"
 
 - name: verify on a reclone things are marked unchanged