diff --git a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/metricset_test.go b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/metricset_test.go
index 841056f7aa10..60766d7c141c 100644
--- a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/metricset_test.go
+++ b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/metricset_test.go
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ func TestData(t *testing.T) {
 func TestActions(t *testing.T) {
 	defer abtest.SetupDataDir(t)()
 
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		t.Skip("Skipping flaky test: https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/22518")
-	}
-
 	bucket, err := datastore.OpenBucket(bucketName)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -138,10 +134,8 @@ func TestActions(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Create some files in first directory
-	go func() {
-		ioutil.WriteFile(createdFilepath, []byte("hello world"), 0600)
-		ioutil.WriteFile(updatedFilepath, []byte("hello world"), 0600)
-	}()
+	ioutil.WriteFile(createdFilepath, []byte("hello world"), 0600)
+	ioutil.WriteFile(updatedFilepath, []byte("hello world"), 0600)
 
 	ms := mbtest.NewPushMetricSetV2(t, getConfig(dir, newDir))
 	events := mbtest.RunPushMetricSetV2(10*time.Second, 5, ms)