diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/aggregations/bucket/FilterRewriteIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/aggregations/bucket/FilterRewriteIT.java
index e7fba4b9f1322..207804c19b6e3 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/aggregations/bucket/FilterRewriteIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/aggregations/bucket/FilterRewriteIT.java
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ public void testMinDocCountOnDateHistogram() throws Exception {
     public void testDisableOptimizationGivesSameResults() throws Exception {
         SearchResponse response = client().prepareSearch("idx")
             .setSize(0)
-            .setQuery(QUERY)
             .addAggregation(dateHistogram("histo").field("date").calendarInterval(DateHistogramInterval.DAY).minDocCount(0))
             .get();
 
@@ -125,7 +124,6 @@ public void testDisableOptimizationGivesSameResults() throws Exception {
 
         response = client().prepareSearch("idx")
             .setSize(0)
-            .setQuery(QUERY)
             .addAggregation(dateHistogram("histo").field("date").calendarInterval(DateHistogramInterval.DAY).minDocCount(0))
             .get();