diff --git a/crates/heal/src/heal/manager/tests/root_recovery.rs b/crates/heal/src/heal/manager/tests/root_recovery.rs
index 7702a89d2..669893b1a 100644
--- a/crates/heal/src/heal/manager/tests/root_recovery.rs
+++ b/crates/heal/src/heal/manager/tests/root_recovery.rs
@@ -1873,8 +1873,10 @@ async fn root_recovery_legacy_cluster_requires_a_fresh_generation_bound_task() {
 
     let restarted = recovery_manager(vec![disk]);
     restarted.replay_root_heals().await.expect("replay legacy root record");
-    let queued = restarted.heal_queue.lock().await.requests().cloned().collect::<Vec<_>>();
-    assert!(queued.is_empty(), "unfenced legacy work must not bind to a later bucket generation");
+    assert!(
+        restarted.heal_queue.lock().await.requests().next().is_none(),
+        "unfenced legacy work must not bind to a later bucket generation"
+    );
     assert!(
         restarted
             .root_recovery