diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/340_doc_values_field.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/340_doc_values_field.yml
index 14844b63b485b..7a3d270700542 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/340_doc_values_field.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/340_doc_values_field.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-setup:
-  - skip:
-      features: [ "headers" ]
-      version: " - 2.99.99"
-      reason: "searching with only doc_values was added in 3.0.0"
 ---
 "search on fields with both index and doc_values enabled":
   - do:
@@ -870,6 +865,10 @@ setup:
   - match: { hits.total: 2 }
 ---
 "search on fields with only doc_values enabled":
+  - skip:
+      features: [ "headers" ]
+      version: " - 2.99.99"
+      reason: "searching with only doc_values was added in 3.0.0"
   - do:
       indices.create:
         index: test-doc-values