diff --git a/x-pack/qa/full-cluster-restart/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/restart/FullClusterRestartIT.java b/x-pack/qa/full-cluster-restart/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/restart/FullClusterRestartIT.java
index 3a02d0f3c2d..d1d63a50b18 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/full-cluster-restart/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/restart/FullClusterRestartIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/qa/full-cluster-restart/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/restart/FullClusterRestartIT.java
@@ -871,7 +871,6 @@ public class FullClusterRestartIT extends AbstractFullClusterRestartTestCase {
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public void testDataStreams() throws Exception {
-        assumeTrue("fail until #59503 is backported to 7.x and 7.9", false);
         assumeTrue("no data streams in versions before " + Version.V_7_9_0, getOldClusterVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_9_0));
         if (isRunningAgainstOldCluster()) {
             createComposableTemplate(client(), "dst", "ds");
diff --git a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/DataStreamsUpgradeIT.java b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/DataStreamsUpgradeIT.java
index 6e77557daf5..9ba1bf01984 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/DataStreamsUpgradeIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/DataStreamsUpgradeIT.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.upgrades.IndexingIT.assertCount;
 public class DataStreamsUpgradeIT extends AbstractUpgradeTestCase {
 
     public void testDataStreams() throws IOException {
-        assumeTrue("fail until #59503 is backported to 7.x and 7.9", false);
+        assumeTrue("no data streams in versions before " + Version.V_7_9_0, UPGRADE_FROM_VERSION.onOrAfter(Version.V_7_9_0));
         assumeTrue("data streams supported from 7.9.0", UPGRADE_FROM_VERSION.onOrAfter(Version.V_7_9_0));
         if (CLUSTER_TYPE == ClusterType.OLD) {
             String requestBody = "{\n" +