diff --git a/jetty-ee9/jetty-ee9-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee9/servlet/DefaultServletTest.java b/jetty-ee9/jetty-ee9-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee9/servlet/DefaultServletTest.java
index 431c44af05c8..8adadf001573 100644
--- a/jetty-ee9/jetty-ee9-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee9/servlet/DefaultServletTest.java
+++ b/jetty-ee9/jetty-ee9-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee9/servlet/DefaultServletTest.java
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ public void testListingFilenamesOnly() throws Exception
         FS.ensureDirExists(docRoot);
 
         /* create some content in the docroot */
-        FS.ensureDirExists(docRoot);
         Path one = docRoot.resolve("one");
         FS.ensureDirExists(one);
         Path deep = one.resolve("deep");