diff --git a/Source/CTest/cmCTestTestHandler.cxx b/Source/CTest/cmCTestTestHandler.cxx
index 5ef67e7f7..d84469dbc 100644
--- a/Source/CTest/cmCTestTestHandler.cxx
+++ b/Source/CTest/cmCTestTestHandler.cxx
@@ -1347,11 +1347,6 @@ bool cmCTestTestHandler::CleanTestOutput(std::string& output, size_t remove_thre
 bool cmCTestTestHandler::AddTest(const std::vector<std::string>& args)
 {
   const std::string& testname = args[0];
-  if (this->m_UseExcludeRegExp &&
-    this->m_UseExcludeRegExpFirst )
-    {
-    abort();
-    }
   if (this->m_UseExcludeRegExp &&
     this->m_UseExcludeRegExpFirst &&
     m_ExcludeTestsRegularExpression.find(testname.c_str()))