diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/term/cache.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/term/cache.php
index 0651551f941e9..f299bf9bed643 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/term/cache.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/term/cache.php
@@ -116,9 +116,6 @@ public function test_get_term_should_update_term_cache_when_passed_an_object() {
 
 		$num_queries = get_num_queries();
 
-		// get_term() will only be update the cache if the 'filter' prop is unset.
-		unset( $term_object->filter );
-
 		$term_object_2 = get_term( $term_object, 'wptests_tax' );
 
 		// No new queries should have fired.
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/term/getTerm.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/term/getTerm.php
index ed6acab691fc5..a72ebca40ad40 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/term/getTerm.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/term/getTerm.php
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ public function test_passing_term_object_should_skip_database_query_when_filter_
 
 		$num_queries = get_num_queries();
 
-		unset( $term->filter );
 		$term_a = get_term( $term, 'wptests_tax' );
 
 		$this->assertSame( $num_queries, get_num_queries() );