diff --git a/test/verify/check-storage-mdraid b/test/verify/check-storage-mdraid
index a7c93d0bf73b..ca674127f18f 100755
--- a/test/verify/check-storage-mdraid
+++ b/test/verify/check-storage-mdraid
@@ -333,9 +333,6 @@ class TestStorageMdRaid(storagelib.StorageCase):
         m = self.machine
         b = self.browser
 
-        mdadm_version_str = m.execute("mdadm --version 2>&1").strip().split(" - ")[1]
-        mdadm_version = list(map(int, mdadm_version_str.lstrip("v").split(".")))
-
         self.login_and_go("/storage")
 
         # Make three huge block devices, so that we can make an array
@@ -361,17 +358,13 @@ class TestStorageMdRaid(storagelib.StorageCase):
         self.wait_states({dev1: "In sync",
                           dev2: "In sync"})
 
-        # With mdadm < 4.4, there should be a bitmap, and cockpit should not complain.
-        # (debian-testing has an intermediate version that needs special handling.)
-
-        if mdadm_version < [4, 4] and m.image not in ["debian-testing"]:
-            self.assertIn("Consistency Policy : bitmap", m.execute("mdadm --misc -D /dev/md/md0"))
+        if "Consistency Policy : bitmap" in m.execute("mdadm --misc -D /dev/md/md0"):
+            # Earlier versions of mdadm automatically add a bitmap for
+            # large arrays. Check that Cockpit doesn't complain and
+            # then remove the bitmap to provoke the alert.
             b.wait_not_present('.pf-v5-c-alert:contains("This MDRAID device has no write-intent bitmap")')
             m.execute("mdadm --grow --bitmap=none /dev/md/md0; udevadm trigger /dev/md/md0")
 
-        # With mdadm >= 4.4, there should be no bitmap. Cockpit should
-        # complain and let us add it.
-
         self.assertNotIn("bitmap", m.execute("mdadm --misc -D /dev/md/md0"))
         b.wait_visible('.pf-v5-c-alert:contains("This MDRAID device has no write-intent bitmap")')
         b.click('button:contains("Add a bitmap")')