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 0a8c7882292a5..7e12ee1353d29 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
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ public void testDataNodeDoesNotLogStackTraceWhenErrorTraceTrue() throws IOExcept
                 responseEntity = performRequestAndGetResponseEntityAfterDelay(request, TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(1L));
             }
 
-            getRestClient().performRequest(searchRequest);
             mockLog.assertAllExpectationsMatched();
         }
     }
@@ -241,7 +240,6 @@ public void testDataNodeLogsStackTraceWhenErrorTraceFalseOrEmpty() throws IOExce
                 responseEntity = performRequestAndGetResponseEntityAfterDelay(request, TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(1L));
             }
 
-            getRestClient().performRequest(searchRequest);
             mockLog.assertAllExpectationsMatched();
         }
     }