diff --git a/test/integration-test-main.sh b/test/integration-test-main.sh
index f7af4be..90f5259 100755
--- a/test/integration-test-main.sh
+++ b/test/integration-test-main.sh
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ function rm_test_dir {
 
 function test_append_file {
     echo "Testing append to file ..."
-    # Open and close file outside of loop to avoid eventual object consistency
-    # issues
-    exec 3<> ${TEST_TEXT_FILE}  # open
     # Write a small test file
     for x in `seq 1 $TEST_TEXT_FILE_LENGTH`
     do