diff --git a/t/virtual_table/rt_99748.t b/t/virtual_table/rt_99748.t
index 441fa5c..798d55f 100644
--- a/t/virtual_table/rt_99748.t
+++ b/t/virtual_table/rt_99748.t
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ my @interpolation_attempts = (
   '$foobar',
   '$self->{row_ix}',
   '(?{die 999})',
-  '(?[die 999])',
  );
 
 # unfortunately the examples below don't fail, but I don't know how to