diff --git a/suites/apis/metadataIngestionTest.js b/suites/apis/metadataIngestionTest.js
index eb04552e4..ff9b69e6c 100644
--- a/suites/apis/metadataIngestionTest.js
+++ b/suites/apis/metadataIngestionTest.js
@@ -196,8 +196,7 @@ Before(async ({ indexd }) => {
   console.log('populating indexd records...');
   // To test the deletion endpoint, the mds record entry needs to reference an indexd record
   // So let us create one
-  const ok = await indexd.do.addFileIndices(Object.values(files));
-  expect(ok).to.be.true;
+  await indexd.do.addFileIndices(Object.values(files));
 });
 
 // Scenario #1 - Instrument sower HTTP API endpoint to trigger the ingest-metadata-manifest job