diff --git a/tensorflow/python/eager/remote_cloud_tpu_test.py b/tensorflow/python/eager/remote_cloud_tpu_test.py
index 8ba11a3e6ac..3a485b54783 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/eager/remote_cloud_tpu_test.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/eager/remote_cloud_tpu_test.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ DEVICES_PER_TASK = 8
 
 EXPECTED_DEVICES_PRE_CONNECT = [
     '/device:CPU:0',
-    '/device:XLA_CPU:0',
 ]
 EXPECTED_NEW_DEVICES_AFTER_CONNECT_TEMPLATES = [
     '/job:worker/replica:0/task:{task}/device:CPU:0',