diff --git a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/io/sstable/keycache/KeyCacheTest.java b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/io/sstable/keycache/KeyCacheTest.java
index 5ef70c4b09..15c37ea60a 100644
--- a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/io/sstable/keycache/KeyCacheTest.java
+++ b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/io/sstable/keycache/KeyCacheTest.java
@@ -340,12 +340,11 @@ public class KeyCacheTest
             throw new IllegalStateException();
 
         Util.compactAll(cfs, Integer.MAX_VALUE).get();
-        boolean noEarlyOpen = DatabaseDescriptor.getSSTablePreemptiveOpenIntervalInMiB() < 0;
 
         // after compaction cache should have entries for new SSTables,
         // but since we have kept a reference to the old sstables,
         // if we had 2 keys in cache previously it should become 4
-        assertKeyCacheSize(noEarlyOpen ? 2 : 4, KEYSPACE1, cf);
+        assertKeyCacheSize(4, KEYSPACE1, cf);
 
         refs.release();
 
@@ -358,7 +357,7 @@ public class KeyCacheTest
         Util.getAll(Util.cmd(cfs, "key1").build());
         Util.getAll(Util.cmd(cfs, "key2").build());
 
-        assertKeyCacheSize(noEarlyOpen ? 4 : 2, KEYSPACE1, cf);
+        assertKeyCacheSize( 2, KEYSPACE1, cf);
     }
 
     @Test