diff --git a/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/code_mode.rs b/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/code_mode.rs
index 5a60ed85f3..746233b3bb 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/code_mode.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/code_mode.rs
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ output_text(circular);
         Some(true),
         "circular stringify unexpectedly succeeded"
     );
-    assert!(output.contains("code_mode execution failed"));
     assert!(output.contains("Converting circular structure to JSON"));
 
     Ok(())