diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/MetricsEndpointTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/MetricsEndpointTests.java
index 8391ec6156..83f4326920 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/MetricsEndpointTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/MetricsEndpointTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2018 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ public class MetricsEndpointTests {
 		this.registry.counter("cache", "result", "hit", "host", "1").increment(2);
 		this.registry.counter("cache", "result", "miss", "host", "1").increment(2);
 		this.registry.counter("cache", "result", "hit", "host", "2").increment(2);
-		MockClock.clock(this.registry).add(SimpleConfig.DEFAULT_STEP);
 		MetricsEndpoint.MetricResponse response = this.endpoint.metric("cache",
 				Collections.emptyList());
 		assertThat(response.getName()).isEqualTo("cache");
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ public class MetricsEndpointTests {
 	@Test
 	public void metricWithSpaceInTagValue() {
 		this.registry.counter("counter", "key", "a space").increment(2);
-		MockClock.clock(this.registry).add(SimpleConfig.DEFAULT_STEP);
 		MetricsEndpoint.MetricResponse response = this.endpoint.metric("counter",
 				Collections.singletonList("key:a space"));
 		assertThat(response.getName()).isEqualTo("counter");