diff --git a/common-lib/test/cmr/common/test/util.clj b/common-lib/test/cmr/common/test/util.clj
index ef2f70c7bf..9dbd4ccb7d 100644
--- a/common-lib/test/cmr/common/test/util.clj
+++ b/common-lib/test/cmr/common/test/util.clj
@@ -76,10 +76,7 @@
      "The most basic case with 1"
      2 (+ 1 1)
      "A more complicated test"
-     4 (* 2 2)))
-  (testing "Empty call"
-    (util/are3
-     [] true)))
+     4 (* 2 2))))
 
 (deftest trunc-test
   (testing "Truncate string"
@@ -97,6 +94,12 @@
   (testing "False case"
     (is (= "foo" (util/nil-if-value "bar" "foo")))))
 
+(deftest numeric?-test
+  (testing "Simple case"
+    (is (= true (util/numeric? "34234"))))
+  (testing "False case"
+    (is (= false (util/numeric? "0D")))))
+
 (defn-timed test-timed-multi-arity
   "The doc string"
   ([f]