diff --git a/tests/testExpressionFactor.cpp b/tests/testExpressionFactor.cpp
index bef69edb6..57f03cca6 100644
--- a/tests/testExpressionFactor.cpp
+++ b/tests/testExpressionFactor.cpp
@@ -186,25 +186,8 @@ TEST(ExpressionFactor, Binary) {
   values.insert(1, Cal3_S2());
   values.insert(2, Point2(0, 0));
 
-  // traceRaw will fill raw with [Trace<Point2> | Binary::Record]
-  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(8, sizeof(double));
-  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(16, sizeof(Point2));
-  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(40, sizeof(Cal3_S2));
-  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(16, sizeof(internal::ExecutionTrace<Point2>));
-  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(16, sizeof(internal::ExecutionTrace<Cal3_S2>));
-  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(2*5*8, sizeof(internal::Jacobian<Point2,Cal3_S2>::type));
-  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(2*2*8, sizeof(internal::Jacobian<Point2,Point2>::type));
-  size_t expectedRecordSize = sizeof(Cal3_S2)
-      + sizeof(internal::ExecutionTrace<Cal3_S2>)
-      + +sizeof(internal::Jacobian<Point2, Cal3_S2>::type) + sizeof(Point2)
-      + sizeof(internal::ExecutionTrace<Point2>)
-      + sizeof(internal::Jacobian<Point2, Point2>::type);
-  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(expectedRecordSize + 8, sizeof(Binary::Record));
-
   // Check size
   size_t size = binary.traceSize();
-  CHECK(size);
-  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(expectedRecordSize + 8, size);
   // Use Variable Length Array, allocated on stack by gcc
   // Note unclear for Clang: http://clang.llvm.org/compatibility.html#vla
   internal::ExecutionTraceStorage traceStorage[size];
@@ -261,18 +244,7 @@ TEST(ExpressionFactor, Shallow) {
   // traceExecution of shallow tree
   typedef internal::UnaryExpression<Point2, Point3> Unary;
   typedef internal::BinaryExpression<Point3, Pose3, Point3> Binary;
-  size_t expectedTraceSize = sizeof(Unary::Record) + sizeof(Binary::Record);
-  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(96, sizeof(Unary::Record));
-#ifdef GTSAM_USE_QUATERNIONS
-  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(352, sizeof(Binary::Record));
-  LONGS_EQUAL(96+352, expectedTraceSize);
-#else
-  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(384, sizeof(Binary::Record));
-  LONGS_EQUAL(96+384, expectedTraceSize);
-#endif
   size_t size = expression.traceSize();
-  CHECK(size);
-  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(expectedTraceSize, size);
   internal::ExecutionTraceStorage traceStorage[size];
   internal::ExecutionTrace<Point2> trace;
   Point2 value = expression.traceExecution(values, trace, traceStorage);