diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/stitching/Stitcher.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/stitching/Stitcher.test.ts
index 31a8e04392..729793a8d7 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/stitching/Stitcher.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/stitching/Stitcher.test.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ describe('Stitcher', () => {
 
       expect(entities[0].hash).not.toEqual(firstHash);
       expect(entities[0].hash).toEqual(entity.metadata.etag);
-      expect(entity.metadata.etag).toEqual(entities[0].hash);
 
       expect(await db<DbSearchRow>('search')).toEqual(
         expect.arrayContaining([