diff --git a/tests/test_models.py b/tests/test_models.py
index 23e3e3cc..bd6606e4 100644
--- a/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/tests/test_models.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def test_ddp_sampler_error():
     model = LightningTestModel(hparams, force_remove_distributed_sampler=True)
 
     trainer_options = dict(
-        progress_bar=True,
+        progress_bar=False,
         max_nb_epochs=1,
         gpus=[0, 1],
         distributed_backend='ddp',