diff --git a/cqlengine/tests/columns/test_validation.py b/cqlengine/tests/columns/test_validation.py
index 46e85163..53cd738c 100644
--- a/cqlengine/tests/columns/test_validation.py
+++ b/cqlengine/tests/columns/test_validation.py
@@ -158,9 +158,7 @@ class TestText(BaseCassEngTestCase):
     def test_min_length(self):
         #min len defaults to 1
         col = Text()
-
-        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
-            col.validate('')
+        col.validate('')
 
         col.validate('b')