diff --git a/examples/examples_go_test.go b/examples/examples_go_test.go
index f9a8a8b9b5..cd0168086c 100644
--- a/examples/examples_go_test.go
+++ b/examples/examples_go_test.go
@@ -503,10 +503,6 @@ func (st labelsState) expectedLabels(prev labelsState) map[string]string {
 				prevDefaults: valuePresentTuple{value: prevDefaultsVal, present: inPrevDefaults},
 			},
 		)
-
-		if expectedVal != "" {
-			r[k] = expectedVal
-		}
 	}
 
 	// Because we're reading pulumiLabels, we need to expect the default provisioning label.