diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/profile/QueryProfilerIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/profile/QueryProfilerIT.java
index f5507504586..d9878774576 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/profile/QueryProfilerIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/profile/QueryProfilerIT.java
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ public class QueryProfilerIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
             SearchRequestBuilder vanilla = client().prepareSearch("test")
                     .setQuery(q)
                     .setProfile(false)
-                    .addSort("_score", SortOrder.DESC)
                     .addSort("_uid", SortOrder.ASC)
                     .setPreference("_primary")
                     .setSearchType(SearchType.QUERY_THEN_FETCH);
@@ -139,7 +138,6 @@ public class QueryProfilerIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
             SearchRequestBuilder profile = client().prepareSearch("test")
                     .setQuery(q)
                     .setProfile(true)
-                    .addSort("_score", SortOrder.DESC)
                     .addSort("_uid", SortOrder.ASC)
                     .setPreference("_primary")
                     .setSearchType(SearchType.QUERY_THEN_FETCH);