diff --git a/beat/web/backend/tests.py b/beat/web/backend/tests.py
index faa4f8424c482eb24807e079848795273a925a1d..2f6785947c93dd219066bb2a5a5086d2bd537d5c 100644
--- a/beat/web/backend/tests.py
+++ b/beat/web/backend/tests.py
@@ -2619,7 +2619,6 @@ class WorkingExternally(TransactionTestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(block.status, Block.CACHED)
         self.assertEqual(xp.status, Experiment.DONE)
-        assert xp.email_dispatch
 
         # all caches must be have been generated
         assert all([k.index_checksums() for k in split.job.block.outputs.all()])