diff --git a/src/ioc/dbtemplate/test/msi.plt b/src/ioc/dbtemplate/test/msi.plt
index f0d66565e..414e10961 100644
--- a/src/ioc/dbtemplate/test/msi.plt
+++ b/src/ioc/dbtemplate/test/msi.plt
@@ -33,16 +33,9 @@ ok(msi('-S../t6-substitute.txt ../t6-template.txt'), slurp('../t6-result.txt'));
 
 # Output option -o and verbose option -V
 my $out = 't7-output.txt';
-my $count = 5; # Try up to 5 times...
-my $result;
-do {
-    unlink $out;
-    msi("-I.. -V -o $out ../t1-template.txt");
-    $result = slurp($out);
-    print "# msi output file empty, retrying\n"
-        if $result eq '';
-} while ($result eq '') && (--$count > 0);
-ok($result, slurp('../t7-result.txt'));
+unlink $out;
+msi("-I.. -V -o $out ../t1-template.txt");
+ok(slurp($out), slurp('../t7-result.txt'));
 
 # Dependency generation, include/substitute model
 ok(msi('-I.. -D -o t8.txt ../t1-template.txt'), slurp('../t8-result.txt'));