diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/MatchFunctionIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/MatchFunctionIT.java
index 2da9bee3701d7..4ec309ff05cee 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/MatchFunctionIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/MatchFunctionIT.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.VerificationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.action.AbstractEsqlIntegTestCase;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.action.EsqlCapabilities;
 import org.junit.Before;
 
 import java.util.List;
@@ -105,7 +104,6 @@ public void testNotWhereMatch() {
     }
 
     public void testWhereMatchWithScoring() {
-        assumeTrue("'METADATA _score' is disabled", EsqlCapabilities.Cap.METADATA_SCORE.isEnabled());
         var query = """
             FROM test
             METADATA _score
@@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ public void testWhereMatchWithScoring() {
     }
 
     public void testWhereMatchWithScoringDifferentSort() {
-        assumeTrue("'METADATA _score' is disabled", EsqlCapabilities.Cap.METADATA_SCORE.isEnabled());
+
         var query = """
             FROM test
             METADATA _score
@@ -139,7 +137,6 @@ public void testWhereMatchWithScoringDifferentSort() {
     }
 
     public void testWhereMatchWithScoringSortScore() {
-        assumeTrue("'METADATA _score' is disabled", EsqlCapabilities.Cap.METADATA_SCORE.isEnabled());
         var query = """
             FROM test
             METADATA _score
@@ -156,7 +153,6 @@ public void testWhereMatchWithScoringSortScore() {
     }
 
     public void testWhereMatchWithScoringNoSort() {
-        assumeTrue("'METADATA _score' is disabled", EsqlCapabilities.Cap.METADATA_SCORE.isEnabled());
         var query = """
             FROM test
             METADATA _score
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/MatchOperatorIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/MatchOperatorIT.java
index dbe115cc66176..c978dead8f4fd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/MatchOperatorIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/MatchOperatorIT.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.VerificationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.action.AbstractEsqlIntegTestCase;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.action.EsqlCapabilities;
 import org.junit.Before;
 
 import java.util.List;
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ public void testNotWhereMatch() {
     }
 
     public void testWhereMatchWithScoring() {
-        assumeTrue("'METADATA _score' is disabled", EsqlCapabilities.Cap.METADATA_SCORE.isEnabled());
         var query = """
             FROM test
             METADATA _score
@@ -123,7 +121,6 @@ public void testWhereMatchWithScoring() {
     }
 
     public void testWhereMatchWithScoringDifferentSort() {
-        assumeTrue("'METADATA _score' is disabled", EsqlCapabilities.Cap.METADATA_SCORE.isEnabled());
         var query = """
             FROM test
             METADATA _score
@@ -140,7 +137,6 @@ public void testWhereMatchWithScoringDifferentSort() {
     }
 
     public void testWhereMatchWithScoringNoSort() {
-        assumeTrue("'METADATA _score' is disabled", EsqlCapabilities.Cap.METADATA_SCORE.isEnabled());
         var query = """
             FROM test
             METADATA _score
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/QueryStringIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/QueryStringIT.java
index a3d1ac931528c..97a98da6e8291 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/QueryStringIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/QueryStringIT.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryShardException;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.VerificationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.action.AbstractEsqlIntegTestCase;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.action.EsqlCapabilities;
 import org.junit.Before;
 
 import java.util.List;
@@ -140,7 +139,6 @@ private void createAndPopulateIndex() {
     }
 
     public void testWhereQstrWithScoring() {
-        assumeTrue("'METADATA _score' is disabled", EsqlCapabilities.Cap.METADATA_SCORE.isEnabled());
         var query = """
             FROM test
             METADATA _score
@@ -165,7 +163,6 @@ public void testWhereQstrWithScoring() {
     }
 
     public void testWhereQstrWithScoringSorted() {
-        assumeTrue("'METADATA _score' is disabled", EsqlCapabilities.Cap.METADATA_SCORE.isEnabled());
         var query = """
             FROM test
             METADATA _score
@@ -191,7 +188,6 @@ public void testWhereQstrWithScoringSorted() {
     }
 
     public void testWhereQstrWithScoringNoSort() {
-        assumeTrue("'METADATA _score' is disabled", EsqlCapabilities.Cap.METADATA_SCORE.isEnabled());
         var query = """
             FROM test
             METADATA _score
@@ -215,7 +211,6 @@ public void testWhereQstrWithScoringNoSort() {
     }
 
     public void testWhereQstrWithNonPushableAndScoring() {
-        assumeTrue("'METADATA _score' is disabled", EsqlCapabilities.Cap.METADATA_SCORE.isEnabled());
         var query = """
             FROM test
             METADATA _score
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/optimizer/PhysicalPlanOptimizerTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/optimizer/PhysicalPlanOptimizerTests.java
index f7bdf52315fec..b877937d6397a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/optimizer/PhysicalPlanOptimizerTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/optimizer/PhysicalPlanOptimizerTests.java
@@ -7631,7 +7631,6 @@ private List<Set<String>> findFieldNamesInLookupJoinDescription(LocalExecutionPl
     }
 
     public void testScore() {
-        assumeTrue("'METADATA _score' is disabled", EsqlCapabilities.Cap.METADATA_SCORE.isEnabled());
         var plan = physicalPlan("""
             from test metadata _score
             | where match(first_name, "john")
@@ -7658,7 +7657,6 @@ public void testScore() {
     }
 
     public void testScoreTopN() {
-        assumeTrue("'METADATA _score' is disabled", EsqlCapabilities.Cap.METADATA_SCORE.isEnabled());
         var plan = physicalPlan("""
             from test metadata _score
             | where match(first_name, "john")