diff --git a/actionpack/test/dispatch/mime_type_test.rb b/actionpack/test/dispatch/mime_type_test.rb
index 3a7ab740f4..28e8d420d5 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/dispatch/mime_type_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/dispatch/mime_type_test.rb
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ class MimeTypeTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   test "parse image with trailing star" do
     accept = "image/*"
     parsed = Mime::Type.parse(accept)
-    assert_equal 2, parsed.size
     assert parsed.include?(Mime::PNG)
-    assert_equal 'image/*', parsed[1].instance_variable_get('@string')
   end
 
   test "parse without q" do