diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index a3f7de329..4fdb8acaf 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -88,22 +88,15 @@ class TranslateArtistTest(PicardTestCase):
 
     def test_latin(self):
         self.assertEqual(u"Jean Michel Jarre", util.translate_from_sortname(u"Jean Michel Jarre", u"Jarre, Jean Michel"))
-        self.assertNotEqual(u"Jarre, Jean Michel", util.translate_from_sortname(u"Jean Michel Jarre", u"Jarre, Jean Michel"))
 
     def test_kanji(self):
         self.assertEqual(u"Tetsuya Komuro", util.translate_from_sortname(u"小室哲哉", u"Komuro, Tetsuya"))
-        self.assertNotEqual(u"Komuro, Tetsuya", util.translate_from_sortname(u"小室哲哉", u"Komuro, Tetsuya"))
-        self.assertNotEqual(u"小室哲哉", util.translate_from_sortname(u"小室哲哉", u"Komuro, Tetsuya"))
 
     def test_kanji2(self):
         self.assertEqual(u"Ayumi Hamasaki & Keiko", util.translate_from_sortname(u"浜崎あゆみ & KEIKO", u"Hamasaki, Ayumi & Keiko"))
-        self.assertNotEqual(u"浜崎あゆみ & KEIKO", util.translate_from_sortname(u"浜崎あゆみ & KEIKO", u"Hamasaki, Ayumi & Keiko"))
-        self.assertNotEqual(u"Hamasaki, Ayumi & Keiko", util.translate_from_sortname(u"浜崎あゆみ & KEIKO", u"Hamasaki, Ayumi & Keiko"))
 
     def test_cyrillic(self):
         self.assertEqual(U"Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky", util.translate_from_sortname(u"Пётр Ильич Чайковский", u"Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich"))
-        self.assertNotEqual(u"Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich", util.translate_from_sortname(u"Пётр Ильич Чайковский", u"Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich"))
-        self.assertNotEqual(u"Пётр Ильич Чайковский", util.translate_from_sortname(u"Пётр Ильич Чайковский", u"Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich"))
 
 
 class FormatTimeTest(PicardTestCase):