diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-create-usb.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-create-usb.c
index 02b55b94..07a214c6 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-create-usb.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-create-usb.c
@@ -201,11 +201,7 @@ ostree_builtin_create_usb (int            argc,
   /* FIXME: It should be possible to work without this, but find_remotes_cb() in
    * ostree-repo-pull.c currently assumes a summary file (signed or unsigned) is
    * present. */
-  struct stat stbuf;
-  if (!glnx_fstatat_allow_noent (ostree_repo_get_dfd (dest_repo), "summary", &stbuf, 0, error))
-    return FALSE;
-  if (errno == ENOENT &&
-      !ostree_repo_regenerate_summary (dest_repo, NULL, cancellable, error))
+  if (!ostree_repo_regenerate_summary (dest_repo, NULL, cancellable, error))
     return FALSE;
 
   /* Add the symlinks .ostree/repos.d/@symlink_name → @dest_repo_path, unless
diff --git a/tests/test-create-usb.sh b/tests/test-create-usb.sh
index 310385d9..392352fd 100755
--- a/tests/test-create-usb.sh
+++ b/tests/test-create-usb.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ ${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=dest-mount3/.ostree/repos.d/00-generated refs --coll
 assert_file_has_content dest-refs "^(org.example.Collection1, test-1)$"
 assert_file_has_content dest-refs "^(org.example.Collection1, test-2)$"
 assert_file_has_content dest-refs "^(org.example.Collection1, test-3)$"
-assert_has_file dest-mount3/.ostree/repos.d/00-generated/summary
+${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=dest-mount3/.ostree/repos.d/00-generated summary -v > dest-summary
+assert_file_has_content dest-summary "(org.example.Collection1, test-1)$"
+assert_file_has_content dest-summary "(org.example.Collection1, test-2)$"
+assert_file_has_content dest-summary "(org.example.Collection1, test-3)$"
 
 echo "ok 4 adding ref to an existing usb"