diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-obs_opts.R b/tests/testthat/test-obs_opts.R
index 5b853e80e..a9cb17db0 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-obs_opts.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-obs_opts.R
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ test_that("obs_opts returns expected messages", {
   # than every 8 hours, for the sake of multiple runs of the test within
   # 8 hours.
   rlang::local_options(rlib_message_verbosity = "verbose")
-  expect_message(
-    obs_opts(),
-    "NA values will be treated as missing"
-  )
   expect_message(
     obs_opts(na = "accumulate"),
     "modelled values that correspond to NA values"