diff --git a/test/test_consumer_integration.py b/test/test_consumer_integration.py
index f04a1d1..045e81e 100644
--- a/test/test_consumer_integration.py
+++ b/test/test_consumer_integration.py
@@ -604,20 +604,20 @@ class TestConsumerIntegration(KafkaIntegrationTestCase):
         self.send_messages(0, range(100, 200))
 
         # Start a consumer. FetchResponse_v3 should always include at least 1
-        # full msg, so by setting fetch_max_bytes=1 we must get 1 msg at a time
+        # full msg, so by setting fetch_max_bytes=1 we should get 1 msg at a time
+        # But 0.11.0.0 returns 1 MessageSet at a time when the messages are
+        # stored in the new v2 format by the broker.
+        #
+        # DP Note: This is a strange test. The consumer shouldn't care
+        # how many messages are included in a FetchResponse, as long as it is
+        # non-zero. I would not mind if we deleted this test. It caused
+        # a minor headache when testing 0.11.0.0.
         group = 'test-kafka-consumer-max-bytes-one-msg-' + random_string(5)
         consumer = self.kafka_consumer(
             group_id=group,
             auto_offset_reset='earliest',
+            consumer_timeout_ms=5000,
             fetch_max_bytes=1)
-        fetched_msgs = []
-        # A bit hacky, but we need this in order for message count to be exact
-        consumer._coordinator.ensure_active_group()
-        for i in range(10):
-            poll_res = consumer.poll(timeout_ms=2000)
-            print(poll_res)
-            for partition, msgs in six.iteritems(poll_res):
-                for msg in msgs:
-                    fetched_msgs.append(msg)
 
+        fetched_msgs = [next(consumer) for i in range(10)]
         self.assertEqual(len(fetched_msgs), 10)