diff --git a/bin/tests/db_test.c b/bin/tests/db_test.c
index bab32e857f..e0dcf18555 100644
--- a/bin/tests/db_test.c
+++ b/bin/tests/db_test.c
@@ -770,7 +770,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 			found_as = ISC_TRUE;
 			break;
 		case DNS_R_NXRDATASET:
-		case DNS_R_NXGLUE:
 			if (dns_rdataset_isassociated(&rdataset))
 				break;
 			if (dbi != NULL) {