diff --git a/scrape/scrape_test.go b/scrape/scrape_test.go
index 517d54f261..7ccd2c8c02 100644
--- a/scrape/scrape_test.go
+++ b/scrape/scrape_test.go
@@ -2195,7 +2195,6 @@ func TestScrapeLoop_HistogramBucketLimit(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		return l
 	}
-	sl.sampleLimit = app.limit
 
 	metric := dto.Metric{}
 	err := sl.metrics.targetScrapeNativeHistogramBucketLimit.Write(&metric)