diff --git a/test-normalizer.sed b/test-normalizer.sed
index b4c6e4b19e0061cef473a5d19ea4f8844b4448f5..aa93d45fb9a5cfeb18265d0025b1f665bdbe2e23 100644
--- a/test-normalizer.sed
+++ b/test-normalizer.sed
@@ -8,5 +8,3 @@ s/subgoal/goal/g
 /^File/d
 # extra space removed in https://github.com/coq/coq/pull/16130
 s/= $/=/
-# coq/coq#16208 (this regex deletes an empty line followed by the "uses section variable" line)
-/^$/{N;/.* uses section variable.*/d}