diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/async-search/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/search/AsyncSearchErrorTraceIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/async-search/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/search/AsyncSearchErrorTraceIT.java
index bcdd71d6b6ef0..1ac29e1a48992 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/async-search/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/search/AsyncSearchErrorTraceIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/async-search/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/search/AsyncSearchErrorTraceIT.java
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ public void testDataNodeDoesNotLogStackTraceWhenErrorTraceTrue() throws IOExcept
                 responseEntity = performRequestAndGetResponseEntityAfterDelay(request, TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(1L));
             }
 
-            getRestClient().performRequest(searchRequest);
             mockLog.assertAllExpectationsMatched();
         }
     }
@@ -229,7 +228,6 @@ public void testDataNodeLogsStackTraceWhenErrorTraceFalseOrEmpty() throws IOExce
                 responseEntity = performRequestAndGetResponseEntityAfterDelay(request, TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(1L));
             }
 
-            getRestClient().performRequest(searchRequest);
             mockLog.assertAllExpectationsMatched();
         }
     }