diff --git a/test/ruby/test_jit.rb b/test/ruby/test_jit.rb
index bfdfd64efd..d7d4ee159c 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_jit.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_jit.rb
@@ -778,20 +778,17 @@ class TestJIT < Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_inlined_builtin_methods
-    verbose_bak, $VERBOSE = $VERBOSE, nil
     assert_eval_with_jit("#{<<~"begin;"}\n#{<<~"end;"}", stdout: '', success_count: 1, min_calls: 2)
     begin;
       def test
         float = 0.0
         float.abs
-        -float
+        float.-@
         float.zero?
       end
       test
       test
     end;
-  ensure
-    $VERBOSE = verbose_bak
   end
 
   def test_inlined_c_method