diff --git a/stdlib/SparseArrays/test/sparse.jl b/stdlib/SparseArrays/test/sparse.jl
index 8151dba862fdd0..f2754ba5ade81b 100644
--- a/stdlib/SparseArrays/test/sparse.jl
+++ b/stdlib/SparseArrays/test/sparse.jl
@@ -2906,14 +2906,8 @@ end
     @test_throws ArgumentError SparseMatrixCSC(10, 3, [1,2,1,2], Int[], Float64[])
     # rowwal (and nzval) short
     @test_throws ArgumentError SparseMatrixCSC(10, 3, [1,2,2,4], [1,2], Float64[])
-    # nzval short
-    @test SparseMatrixCSC(10, 3, [1,2,2,4], [1,2,3], Float64[]) !== nothing
-    # length(rowval) >= typemax
-    @test_throws ArgumentError SparseMatrixCSC(5, 1, Int8[1,2], fill(Int8(1),127), Int[1,2,3])
-    @test SparseMatrixCSC{Int,Int8}(5, 1, Int8[1,2], fill(Int8(1),127), Int[1,2,3]) != 0
     # length(nzval) >= typemax
-    @test_throws ArgumentError SparseMatrixCSC(5, 1, Int8[1,2], Int8[1], fill(7, 127))
-    @test SparseMatrixCSC{Int,Int8}(5, 1, Int8[1,2], Int8[1], fill(7, 127)) != 0
+    @test_throws ArgumentError SparseMatrixCSC(5, 1, Int8[1,2], fill(Int8(1), 127), fill(7, 127))
 
     # length(I) >= typemax
     @test_throws ArgumentError sparse(UInt8.(1:255), fill(UInt8(1), 255), fill(1, 255))