diff --git a/pkg/statestore/test/store.go b/pkg/statestore/test/store.go
index 40fa90b1bef..ee5050b8633 100644
--- a/pkg/statestore/test/store.go
+++ b/pkg/statestore/test/store.go
@@ -225,5 +225,5 @@ func testStoreIterator(t *testing.T, store storage.StateStorer, prefix string, s
 func testEmpty(t *testing.T, store storage.StateStorer) {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	testStoreIterator(t, store, "", 0) // 1 because of the schema entry.
+	testStoreIterator(t, store, "", 0)
 }