diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/SearchIT.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/SearchIT.java
index af669ff580a..ddccb957c4a 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/SearchIT.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/SearchIT.java
@@ -1306,14 +1306,6 @@ public class SearchIT extends ESRestHighLevelClientTestCase {
         CountRequest countRequest = new CountRequest();
         CountResponse countResponse = execute(countRequest, highLevelClient()::count, highLevelClient()::countAsync);
         assertCountHeader(countResponse);
-        // add logging to get more info about why https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/35644 is failing
-        // TODO remove this once #35644 is fixed
-        if (countResponse.getCount() != 12) {
-            SearchRequest searchRequest = new SearchRequest();
-            searchRequest.source(new SearchSourceBuilder().size(20));
-            SearchResponse searchResponse = execute(searchRequest, highLevelClient()::search, highLevelClient()::searchAsync);
-            logger.info("Unexpected hit count, was expecting 12 hits but got: " + searchResponse.toString());
-        }
         assertEquals(12, countResponse.getCount());
     }