diff --git a/glib/tests/strfuncs.c b/glib/tests/strfuncs.c
index 2d035b1e3..d974ad436 100644
--- a/glib/tests/strfuncs.c
+++ b/glib/tests/strfuncs.c
@@ -1337,7 +1337,6 @@ test_strerror (void)
   GHashTable *strs;
   gint i;
   const gchar *str, *unknown_str;
-  GHashTableIter iter;
 
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "C");
 
@@ -1354,10 +1353,6 @@ test_strerror (void)
       g_hash_table_add (strs, (char *)str);
     }
 
-  g_hash_table_iter_init (&iter, strs);
-  while (g_hash_table_iter_next (&iter, (gpointer *)&str, NULL))
-    g_assert (g_utf8_validate (str, -1, NULL));
-
   g_hash_table_unref (strs);
 }