diff --git a/test/core/js/modules/form_elements.js.js b/test/core/js/modules/form_elements.js.js
index a815d7b76b61dfdd8201e7005da2ea21f71ff395..5b595ee06f892f45699c8c6ae747d81f5a379cb5 100644
--- a/test/core/js/modules/form_elements.js.js
+++ b/test/core/js/modules/form_elements.js.js
@@ -660,9 +660,7 @@ QUnit.test("select_input caching", async function (assert) {
         ],
     }
     const form_wrapper = $(form_elements.make_form(config));
-    $("body").append(form_wrapper);
     await sleep(200);
-    assert.equal(xml2str(form_wrapper[0]), "");
     const form = form_wrapper.find("form");
     assert.equal(form.find("select").length, 1);