diff --git a/p2p/discover/v5wire/encoding_test.go b/p2p/discover/v5wire/encoding_test.go
index d9c807e0a8dbb..b13041d1b9c68 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/v5wire/encoding_test.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/v5wire/encoding_test.go
@@ -512,9 +512,6 @@ func (n *handshakeTestNode) init(key *ecdsa.PrivateKey, ip net.IP, clock mclock.
 	db, _ := enode.OpenDB("")
 	n.ln = enode.NewLocalNode(db, key)
 	n.ln.SetStaticIP(ip)
-	if n.ln.Node().Seq() != 1 {
-		panic(fmt.Errorf("unexpected seq %d", n.ln.Node().Seq()))
-	}
 	n.c = NewCodec(n.ln, key, clock)
 }