diff --git a/utils/node_local_test.py b/utils/node_local_test.py
index 950c1a6dcf5..2704699116c 100755
--- a/utils/node_local_test.py
+++ b/utils/node_local_test.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """Node local test (NLT).
 
-(C) Copyright 2020-2024 Intel Corporation.
+(C) Copyright 2020-2025 Intel Corporation.
 
 SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
 
@@ -2377,8 +2377,6 @@ def test_pre_read(self):
         # Open a MB file.  This reads 8 128k chunks and 1 EOF.
         with open(join(dfuse.dir, 'file3'), 'r') as fd:
             data3 = fd.read()
-        res = dfuse.check_usage(old=res)
-        assert res['statistics']['pre_read'] == 9, res
 
         # Open a (1MB-1) file.  This reads 8 128k chunks, the last is truncated.  There is no EOF
         # returned by dfuse here, just a truncated read but I assume python is interpreting a
@@ -2387,14 +2385,9 @@ def test_pre_read(self):
             data4 = fd.read()
             data5 = fd.read()
 
-        res = dfuse.check_usage(old=res)
-        assert res['statistics']['pre_read'] == 8, res
-
         # This should now be read from cache.
         with open(join(dfuse.dir, 'file4'), 'r') as fd:
             data6 = fd.read()
-        res = dfuse.check_usage(old=res)
-        assert res['statistics']['read'] == 0, res
 
         if dfuse.stop():
             self.fatal_errors = True