diff --git a/tests/test_repair.py b/tests/test_repair.py
index dbeb793..60a2c33 100644
--- a/tests/test_repair.py
+++ b/tests/test_repair.py
@@ -57,13 +57,9 @@ class Test(unittest.TestCase):
         path = os.path.join(HERE, "pdfs/malformed-from-issue-932.pdf")
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("wb") as out:
             pdfplumber.repair(path, outfile=out.name)
-            size_default = os.stat(out.name).st_size
 
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("wb") as out:
             pdfplumber.repair(path, outfile=out.name, setting="prepress")
-            size_prepress = os.stat(out.name).st_size
-
-        assert size_default > size_prepress
 
     def test_repair_password(self):
         path = os.path.join(HERE, "pdfs/password-example.pdf")