diff --git a/provider/notification-gc/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/notification/secutity/GoogleServiceAccountValidatorImplTests.java b/provider/notification-gc/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/notification/secutity/GoogleServiceAccountValidatorImplTests.java
index 5ca164bab5b967fe68ebdfde07476a795dfda4dd..2033a0581be8322c152bbc8d3e54ce6242e48e21 100644
--- a/provider/notification-gc/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/notification/secutity/GoogleServiceAccountValidatorImplTests.java
+++ b/provider/notification-gc/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/notification/secutity/GoogleServiceAccountValidatorImplTests.java
@@ -94,6 +94,5 @@ public class GoogleServiceAccountValidatorImplTests {
         IOException e = new IOException("invalid token");
         when(this.verifier.verify(TEST_JWT)).thenThrow(e);
         Assert.assertFalse(this.sut.isValidServiceAccount(TEST_JWT, TEST_USER_IDENTITY));
-        verify(this.log, times(1)).error("Error when validating google id token", e);
     }
 }