diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/WarningsIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/WarningsIT.java
index 183950bbb82ba..12897979a47e0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/WarningsIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/WarningsIT.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 public class WarningsIT extends AbstractEsqlIntegTestCase {
 
     public void testCollectWarnings() {
-        internalCluster().ensureAtLeastNumDataNodes(2);
         final String node1, node2;
         if (randomBoolean()) {
             internalCluster().ensureAtLeastNumDataNodes(2);