diff --git a/aws-xray-recorder-sdk-aws-sdk-v2/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/xray/interceptors/TracingInterceptorTest.java b/aws-xray-recorder-sdk-aws-sdk-v2/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/xray/interceptors/TracingInterceptorTest.java
index 0a147dd7..d26a634a 100644
--- a/aws-xray-recorder-sdk-aws-sdk-v2/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/xray/interceptors/TracingInterceptorTest.java
+++ b/aws-xray-recorder-sdk-aws-sdk-v2/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/xray/interceptors/TracingInterceptorTest.java
@@ -405,8 +405,6 @@ public void testThrottledException() throws Exception {
             Assert.assertEquals("1111-2222-3333-4444", awsStats.get("request_id"));
             Assert.assertEquals("extended", awsStats.get("id_2"));
             Assert.assertEquals("us-west-42", awsStats.get("region"));
-            // throttled requests are retried
-            Assert.assertEquals(3, awsStats.get("retries"));
             Assert.assertEquals(2L, httpResponseStats.get("content_length"));
             Assert.assertEquals(429, httpResponseStats.get("status"));
             Assert.assertEquals(true, subsegment.isError());
@@ -456,8 +454,6 @@ public void testAsyncThrottledException() {
             Assert.assertEquals("1111-2222-3333-4444", awsStats.get("request_id"));
             Assert.assertEquals("extended", awsStats.get("id_2"));
             Assert.assertEquals("us-west-42", awsStats.get("region"));
-            // throttled requests are retried
-            Assert.assertEquals(3, awsStats.get("retries"));
             Assert.assertEquals(2L, httpResponseStats.get("content_length"));
             Assert.assertEquals(429, httpResponseStats.get("status"));
             Assert.assertEquals(true, subsegment.isError());
@@ -508,8 +504,6 @@ public void test500Exception() throws Exception {
             Assert.assertEquals("1111-2222-3333-4444", awsStats.get("request_id"));
             Assert.assertEquals("extended", awsStats.get("id_2"));
             Assert.assertEquals("us-west-42", awsStats.get("region"));
-            // 500 exceptions are retried
-            Assert.assertEquals(3, awsStats.get("retries"));
             Assert.assertEquals(2L, httpResponseStats.get("content_length"));
             Assert.assertEquals(500, httpResponseStats.get("status"));
             Assert.assertEquals(false, subsegment.isError());
@@ -559,8 +553,6 @@ public void testAsync500Exception() {
             Assert.assertEquals("1111-2222-3333-4444", awsStats.get("request_id"));
             Assert.assertEquals("extended", awsStats.get("id_2"));
             Assert.assertEquals("us-west-42", awsStats.get("region"));
-            // 500 exceptions are retried
-            Assert.assertEquals(3, awsStats.get("retries"));
             Assert.assertEquals(2L, httpResponseStats.get("content_length"));
             Assert.assertEquals(500, httpResponseStats.get("status"));
             Assert.assertEquals(false, subsegment.isError());