diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/qa/inference-service-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/DefaultEndPointsIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/qa/inference-service-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/DefaultEndPointsIT.java
index 64491b885d06b..69767ce0b24f0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/qa/inference-service-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/DefaultEndPointsIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/qa/inference-service-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/DefaultEndPointsIT.java
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ private static void assertDefaultE5Config(Map<String, Object> modelConfig) {
     }
 
     public void testMultipleInferencesTriggeringDownloadAndDeploy() throws InterruptedException {
-        assumeTrue("Default config requires a feature flag", DefaultElserFeatureFlag.isEnabled());
-
         int numParallelRequests = 4;
         var latch = new CountDownLatch(numParallelRequests);
         var errors = new ArrayList<Exception>();