diff --git a/tests/integration/dual-channel-replication.tcl b/tests/integration/dual-channel-replication.tcl
index f49292255f..a2e387f775 100644
--- a/tests/integration/dual-channel-replication.tcl
+++ b/tests/integration/dual-channel-replication.tcl
@@ -1250,14 +1250,6 @@ start_server {tags {"dual-channel-replication external:skip"}} {
                 fail "Primary did not free repl buf block after sync failure"
             }
             wait_for_log_messages 0 {"*Failed trying to load the PRIMARY synchronization DB from socket*"} $loglines 1000 10
-            # Replica should retry
-            wait_for_condition 500 1000 {
-                [string match "*slave*,state=wait_bgsave*,type=rdb-channel*" [$primary info replication]] &&
-                [string match "*slave*,state=bg_transfer*,type=main-channel*" [$primary info replication]] &&
-                [s -1 rdb_bgsave_in_progress] eq 1
-            } else {
-                fail "replica didn't retry after connection close"
-            }
             verify_replica_online $primary 0 500
         }
     }