diff --git a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ConfigurationTest.java b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ConfigurationTest.java
index a44efead0..ae640c3b0 100644
--- a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ConfigurationTest.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class ConfigurationTest
         Configuration config =
             new Configuration(globalProps, new CheckConfiguration[0]);
         Properties defaultProps = config.getProperties();
-        assertEquals(4, defaultProps.size());
+        assertEquals(3, defaultProps.size());
     }