diff --git a/qa/os/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/test/ArchiveTests.java b/qa/os/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/test/ArchiveTests.java
index 0900b7759ea..1fd32e503e5 100644
--- a/qa/os/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/test/ArchiveTests.java
+++ b/qa/os/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/test/ArchiveTests.java
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.emptyString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.startsWith;
-import static org.junit.Assume.assumeFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assume.assumeThat;
 import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
 
@@ -61,9 +60,6 @@ public class ArchiveTests extends PackagingTestCase {
 
     @BeforeClass
     public static void filterDistros() {
-        // Muted on Windows see: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/50825
-        assumeFalse(System.getProperty("os.name").startsWith("Windows"));
-
         assumeTrue("only archives", distribution.isArchive());
     }