diff --git a/metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/metalog/LocalLogManager.java b/metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/metalog/LocalLogManager.java
index 3c495adff9268..36fe3ec2c1c58 100644
--- a/metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/metalog/LocalLogManager.java
+++ b/metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/metalog/LocalLogManager.java
@@ -243,11 +243,6 @@ synchronized long tryAppend(int nodeId, int epoch, LocalBatch batch) {
         }
 
         public synchronized long append(LocalBatch batch) {
-            try {
-                throw new RuntimeException("foo");
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                log.info("WATERMELON: appending {}", batch, e);
-            }
             prevOffset += batch.size();
             log.debug("append(batch={}, prevOffset={})", batch, prevOffset);
             batches.put(prevOffset, batch);