diff --git a/test/async-hooks/test-promise.promise-before-init-hooks.js b/test/async-hooks/test-promise.promise-before-init-hooks.js
index 79bbd1751d83fd..957d1a75e49f70 100644
--- a/test/async-hooks/test-promise.promise-before-init-hooks.js
+++ b/test/async-hooks/test-promise.promise-before-init-hooks.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ hooks.enable();
 p.then(function afterresolution(val) {
   assert.strictEqual(val, 5);
   const as = hooks.activitiesOfTypes('PROMISE');
-  assert.strictEqual(as.length, 1, 'one activity');
+  assert.strictEqual(as.length, 1);
   checkInvocations(as[0], { init: 1, before: 1 },
                    'after resolution child promise');
   return val;