diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/filters/FilterSetTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/filters/FilterSetTest.java
index ba4c92068..1a28433bb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/filters/FilterSetTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/filters/FilterSetTest.java
@@ -72,12 +72,6 @@ public class FilterSetTest {
         assertEquals("size is the same", 1, filter.getFilters().size());
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testToString() {
-        filter.addFilter(new IntMatchFilter(0));
-        assertNotNull("toString works", filter.toString());
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testGetFilters2() {
         FilterSet filterSet = new FilterSet();