diff --git a/qa/restart-upgrade/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/bwc/HybridSearchIT.java b/qa/restart-upgrade/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/bwc/HybridSearchIT.java
index 813c5841e..d4ae88a3f 100644
--- a/qa/restart-upgrade/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/bwc/HybridSearchIT.java
+++ b/qa/restart-upgrade/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/bwc/HybridSearchIT.java
@@ -132,9 +132,6 @@ private HybridQueryBuilder getQueryBuilder(
         if (expandNestedDocs != null) {
             neuralQueryBuilder.expandNested(expandNestedDocs);
         }
-        if (isClusterOnOrAfterMinReqVersion(EXPAND_NESTED_FIELD.getPreferredName()) && expandNestedDocs != null) {
-            neuralQueryBuilder.expandNested(expandNestedDocs);
-        }
         if (methodParameters != null) {
             neuralQueryBuilder.methodParameters(methodParameters);
         }