diff --git a/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/kotlin/metadata/MetadataPrunedFieldsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/kotlin/metadata/MetadataPrunedFieldsTest.java
index 09c2a9d..505169e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/kotlin/metadata/MetadataPrunedFieldsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/kotlin/metadata/MetadataPrunedFieldsTest.java
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@
         .allowDiagnosticWarningMessages()
         .setMinApi(parameters.getApiLevel())
         .addKeepAttributes(ProguardKeepAttributes.RUNTIME_VISIBLE_ANNOTATIONS)
+        .addOptionsModification(
+            internalOptions -> {
+              // When checking for metadata being equal if not rewritten, we parse the original data
+              // again. However, for this particular test, a field of the metadata has been removed
+              // and we cannot parse the metadata again.
+              internalOptions.testing.keepMetadataInR8IfNotRewritten = false;
+            })
         .compile()
         .inspect(
             codeInspector -> {