diff --git a/test/test_arraycontext.py b/test/test_arraycontext.py
index 36aa358870576b8ddc9bd1dc8f8d2cb387ba2e0c..4fba2d841cb4b5c6e3905c2c2624d68bae1d9f7d 100644
--- a/test/test_arraycontext.py
+++ b/test/test_arraycontext.py
@@ -184,11 +184,7 @@ def test_array_context_np_workalike(actx_factory, sym_name, n_args):
     actx = actx_factory()
 
     ndofs = 5000
-    if sym_name == "conj":
-        args = [np.random.randn(ndofs) + np.random.randn(ndofs)*1j
-                    for i in range(n_args)]
-    else:
-        args = [np.random.randn(ndofs) for i in range(n_args)]
+    args = [np.random.randn(ndofs) for i in range(n_args)]
     assert_close_to_numpy_in_containers(
             actx, lambda _np, *_args: getattr(_np, sym_name)(*_args), args)