diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/PeriodicShardSyncManagerTest.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/PeriodicShardSyncManagerTest.java
index d66217ab..9f8b34ac 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/PeriodicShardSyncManagerTest.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/PeriodicShardSyncManagerTest.java
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ import static software.amazon.kinesis.leases.LeaseManagementConfig.DEFAULT_CONSE
 
 public class PeriodicShardSyncManagerTest {
 
+    private static final int MAX_DEPTH_WITH_IN_PROGRESS_PARENTS = 1;
+
     private StreamIdentifier streamIdentifier;
     private PeriodicShardSyncManager periodicShardSyncManager;
     @Mock
@@ -446,7 +448,7 @@ public class PeriodicShardSyncManagerTest {
         for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
             int maxInitialLeaseCount = 100;
             List<Lease> leases = generateInitialLeases(maxInitialLeaseCount);
-            reshard(leases, 5, ReshardType.MERGE, maxInitialLeaseCount, true);
+            reshard(leases, MAX_DEPTH_WITH_IN_PROGRESS_PARENTS, ReshardType.MERGE, maxInitialLeaseCount, true);
             Collections.shuffle(leases);
             Assert.assertFalse(periodicShardSyncManager.hasHoleInLeases(streamIdentifier, leases).isPresent());
         }
@@ -457,17 +459,9 @@ public class PeriodicShardSyncManagerTest {
         for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
             int maxInitialLeaseCount = 100;
             List<Lease> leases = generateInitialLeases(maxInitialLeaseCount);
-            reshard(leases, 5, ReshardType.ANY, maxInitialLeaseCount, true);
+            reshard(leases, MAX_DEPTH_WITH_IN_PROGRESS_PARENTS, ReshardType.ANY, maxInitialLeaseCount, true);
             Collections.shuffle(leases);
-            boolean isHoleInHashRanges = periodicShardSyncManager.hasHoleInLeases(streamIdentifier, leases).isPresent();
-            if (isHoleInHashRanges) {
-                // In-progress parents may result in a lease having the highest startingHashKey value while not having
-                // an endingHashKey value of MAX_HASH_KEY. This is detected as a "hole" in the hash key range,
-                // so mark the in-progress parents as finished (SHARD_END) and recheck for holes.
-                finishInProgressParents(leases);
-                isHoleInHashRanges = periodicShardSyncManager.hasHoleInLeases(streamIdentifier, leases).isPresent();
-            }
-            Assert.assertFalse(isHoleInHashRanges);
+            Assert.assertFalse(periodicShardSyncManager.hasHoleInLeases(streamIdentifier, leases).isPresent());
         }
     }
 
@@ -577,13 +571,6 @@ public class PeriodicShardSyncManagerTest {
         return leaseCounter;
     }
 
-    private void finishInProgressParents(List<Lease> leases) {
-        leases.stream()
-                .filter(l -> l.checkpoint() != null && !l.checkpoint().equals(ExtendedSequenceNumber.SHARD_END) &&
-                        l.childShardIds() != null && !l.childShardIds().isEmpty())
-                .forEach(l -> l.checkpoint(ExtendedSequenceNumber.SHARD_END));
-    }
-
     private boolean isHeads() {
         return Math.random() <= 0.5;
     }