diff --git a/libcxx/test/numerics/numarray/template.slice.array/slice.arr.assign/slice_array.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/numerics/numarray/template.slice.array/slice.arr.assign/slice_array.pass.cpp
index 79be4bdb03df..72275e01e1be 100644
--- a/libcxx/test/numerics/numarray/template.slice.array/slice.arr.assign/slice_array.pass.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/test/numerics/numarray/template.slice.array/slice.arr.assign/slice_array.pass.cpp
@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ int main()
     int a1[] = {0, 1, 2};
     int a2[] = {3, 4, 3};
     std::valarray<int> v1(a1, 3);
-    const std::valarray<int> v2(a2, 3);
-    std::slice_array<int> s1 = v1[std::slice(1, 2, 3)];
-    std::slice_array<int> s2 = v1[std::slice(2, 2, 3)];
+    std::slice_array<int> s1 = v1[std::slice(1, 1, 1)];
+    std::slice_array<int> s2 = v1[std::slice(0, 1, 1)];
     std::slice_array<int> const & s3 = (s1 = s2);
     assert(&s1 == &s3);
     }