diff --git a/Lib/unittest/suite.py b/Lib/unittest/suite.py
index e7b8b4a9fd8..176af57fb0b 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/suite.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/suite.py
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ class BaseTestSuite(object):
 
     def _removeTestAtIndex(self, index):
         """Stop holding a reference to the TestCase at index."""
-        return
         try:
             self._tests[index] = None
         except TypeError: