diff --git a/planning/behavior_path_planner/autoware_behavior_path_planner/src/test_utils.cpp b/planning/behavior_path_planner/autoware_behavior_path_planner/src/test_utils.cpp
index 53c3befa6748d..4930ead6d355d 100644
--- a/planning/behavior_path_planner/autoware_behavior_path_planner/src/test_utils.cpp
+++ b/planning/behavior_path_planner/autoware_behavior_path_planner/src/test_utils.cpp
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ void publishLateralOffset(
     "behavior_path_planner/input/lateral_offset", 1);
   pub_lateral_offset->publish(LateralOffset{});
   autoware::test_utils::spinSomeNodes(test_node, test_target_node, 3);
-  autoware::test_utils::publishToTargetNode(
-    test_node_, test_target_node, topic_name, lateral_offset_pub_, LateralOffset{});
 }
 }  // namespace