diff --git a/geonode/upload/handlers/tiles3d/tests.py b/geonode/upload/handlers/tiles3d/tests.py
index 6aa3982d3e2..c88674dad07 100755
--- a/geonode/upload/handlers/tiles3d/tests.py
+++ b/geonode/upload/handlers/tiles3d/tests.py
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ def test_validate_should_raise_exception_for_invalid_root_boundingVolume(self):
     def test_validate_should_raise_exception_for_invalid_root_geometricError(self):
         _json = {
             "asset": {"version": "1.1"},
-            "geometricError": 1.0,
             "root": {"boundingVolume": {"box": []}, "foo": 0.0},
         }
         _path = "/tmp/tileset.json"