diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Behavior/TreeBehaviorNumberTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Behavior/TreeBehaviorNumberTest.php
index f234a8cce..adcbf4c58 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Behavior/TreeBehaviorNumberTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Behavior/TreeBehaviorNumberTest.php
@@ -354,8 +354,6 @@ class TreeBehaviorNumberTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$expected = array_merge(array($modelClass => array('name' => 'testAddMiddle', $parentField => '2')), $result);
 		$this->assertSame($expected, $result);
 
-		$laterCount = $this->Tree->find('count');
-
 		$laterCount = $this->Tree->find('count');
 		$this->assertEquals($initialCount + 1, $laterCount);