diff --git a/exercises/20_threads/threads3.rs b/exercises/20_threads/threads3.rs
index 8aa7291f..6d16bd9f 100644
--- a/exercises/20_threads/threads3.rs
+++ b/exercises/20_threads/threads3.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use std::{sync::mpsc, thread, time::Duration};
 
 struct Queue {
-    length: u32,
     first_half: Vec<u32>,
     second_half: Vec<u32>,
 }
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ struct Queue {
 impl Queue {
     fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
-            length: 10,
             first_half: vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
             second_half: vec![6, 7, 8, 9, 10],
         }
@@ -48,17 +46,15 @@ mod tests {
     fn threads3() {
         let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
         let queue = Queue::new();
-        let queue_length = queue.length;
 
         send_tx(queue, tx);
 
-        let mut total_received: u32 = 0;
-        for received in rx {
-            println!("Got: {received}");
-            total_received += 1;
+        let mut received = Vec::with_capacity(10);
+        for value in rx {
+            received.push(value);
         }
 
-        println!("Number of received values: {total_received}");
-        assert_eq!(total_received, queue_length);
+        received.sort();
+        assert_eq!(received, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/solutions/20_threads/threads3.rs b/solutions/20_threads/threads3.rs
index cd2dfbe3..7ceefea0 100644
--- a/solutions/20_threads/threads3.rs
+++ b/solutions/20_threads/threads3.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use std::{sync::mpsc, thread, time::Duration};
 
 struct Queue {
-    length: u32,
     first_half: Vec<u32>,
     second_half: Vec<u32>,
 }
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ struct Queue {
 impl Queue {
     fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
-            length: 10,
             first_half: vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
             second_half: vec![6, 7, 8, 9, 10],
         }
@@ -50,17 +48,15 @@ mod tests {
     fn threads3() {
         let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
         let queue = Queue::new();
-        let queue_length = queue.length;
 
         send_tx(queue, tx);
 
-        let mut total_received: u32 = 0;
-        for received in rx {
-            println!("Got: {received}");
-            total_received += 1;
+        let mut received = Vec::with_capacity(10);
+        for value in rx {
+            received.push(value);
         }
 
-        println!("Number of received values: {total_received}");
-        assert_eq!(total_received, queue_length);
+        received.sort();
+        assert_eq!(received, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]);
     }
 }