diff --git a/client/app/scripts/reducers/__tests__/root-test.js b/client/app/scripts/reducers/__tests__/root-test.js
index 231e193c15..86b440b543 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/reducers/__tests__/root-test.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/reducers/__tests__/root-test.js
@@ -497,9 +497,7 @@ describe('RootReducer', () => {
   });
   it('switches to grid mode when complexity is high', () => {
     let nextState = initialState.set('currentTopology', fromJS(topologies[0]));
-    nextState = nextState.set('initialPageLoad', true);
     nextState = reducer(nextState, {type: ActionTypes.SET_RECEIVED_NODES_DELTA});
-    expect(nextState.get('initialPageLoad')).toBe(false);
     expect(nextState.get('gridMode')).toBe(true);
   });
 });