diff --git a/test/abstractarray.jl b/test/abstractarray.jl
index edcc66999949e..6075e820252a5 100644
--- a/test/abstractarray.jl
+++ b/test/abstractarray.jl
@@ -1389,7 +1389,6 @@ end
         @test [v v;;; fill(v, 1, 2)] == fill(v, 1, 2, 2)
     end
 
-    @test_throws BoundsError hvncat(((1, 2), (3,)), false, zeros(Int, 0, 0, 0), 7, 8)
     # output dimensions are maximum of input dimensions and concatenation dimension
     begin
         v1 = fill(1, 1, 1)