diff --git a/test/components/structures/TimelinePanel-test.js b/test/components/structures/TimelinePanel-test.js
index 98ec65b8e8..c13d149ed0 100644
--- a/test/components/structures/TimelinePanel-test.js
+++ b/test/components/structures/TimelinePanel-test.js
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ describe('TimelinePanel', function() {
             // 5 times, and we should have given up paginating
             expect(client.paginateEventTimeline.callCount).toEqual(5);
             expect(messagePanel.props.backPaginating).toBe(false);
-            expect(messagePanel.props.suppressFirstDateSeparator).toBe(false);
 
             // now, if we update the events, there shouldn't be any
             // more requests.
@@ -339,7 +338,6 @@ describe('TimelinePanel', function() {
         awaitScroll().then(() => {
             // we should now have loaded the first few events
             expect(messagePanel.props.backPaginating).toBe(false);
-            expect(messagePanel.props.suppressFirstDateSeparator).toBe(true);
 
             // back-paginate until we hit the start
             return backPaginate();
@@ -347,7 +345,6 @@ describe('TimelinePanel', function() {
             // hopefully, we got to the start of the timeline
             expect(messagePanel.props.backPaginating).toBe(false);
 
-            expect(messagePanel.props.suppressFirstDateSeparator).toBe(false);
             var events = scryEventTiles(panel);
             expect(events[0].props.mxEvent).toBe(timeline.getEvents()[0]);