diff --git a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/time-to-first-query.test.ts b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/time-to-first-query.test.ts
index e6b8fdf4c47..4fb7e953ef5 100644
--- a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/time-to-first-query.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/time-to-first-query.test.ts
@@ -27,15 +27,8 @@ describe('Time to first query', function () {
   });
 
   it('can open compass, connect to a database and run a query on a collection (never seen welcome)', async function () {
-    // Starting the application with the webdriver.io fails on the first run
-    // sometimes due to devtools / selenium server failing to start in time.
-    // While the root cause is unknown, it usually passes just fine on a re-run
-    // or next application start, so we are just retrying the test here to
-    // work around the flake.
-    //
     // We re-run the whole test to make sure that the timings for the test run
     // are not skewed by waiting for the application to restart multiple times.
-    this.retries(5);
 
     // start compass inside the test so that the time is measured together
     compass = await init(this.test?.fullTitle(), { firstRun: true });