diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Module/ModuleTestBase.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Module/ModuleTestBase.php
index b7fd25c..60f243e 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Module/ModuleTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Module/ModuleTestBase.php
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ function assertModuleConfig($module) {
     $module_file_storage = new FileStorage($module_config_dir);
     $names = $module_file_storage->listAll($module . '.');
 
-    // Verify that the config directory is not empty.
-    $this->assertTrue($names);
-
     // Look up each default configuration object name in the active
     // configuration, and if it exists, remove it from the stack.
     foreach ($names as $key => $name) {