diff --git a/skimage/io/tests/test_pil.py b/skimage/io/tests/test_pil.py
index fc20edee..1a7b7ff1 100644
--- a/skimage/io/tests/test_pil.py
+++ b/skimage/io/tests/test_pil.py
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ def test_imsave_filelike():
     s.seek(0)
     im = Image.open(s)
     out = pil_to_ndarray(im)
-    out = imread(s)
     assert out.shape == shape
     assert_allclose(out, image)