diff --git a/tests/smoke-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/smoke/paging/SmokePagingTest.java b/tests/smoke-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/smoke/paging/SmokePagingTest.java
index fac7999f78..41da3e2d0c 100644
--- a/tests/smoke-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/smoke/paging/SmokePagingTest.java
+++ b/tests/smoke-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/smoke/paging/SmokePagingTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ public class SmokePagingTest extends SmokeTestBase {
    @Before
    public void before() throws Exception {
       cleanupData(SERVER_NAME_0);
-      disableCheckThread();
       startServer(SERVER_NAME_0, 0, 30000);
    }