diff --git a/x-pack/qa/smoke-test-watcher/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/painless/20_minimal_body.yml b/x-pack/qa/smoke-test-watcher/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/painless/20_minimal_body.yml
index 4ba1fc6a0cc1d..56b5ebd20e93f 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/smoke-test-watcher/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/painless/20_minimal_body.yml
+++ b/x-pack/qa/smoke-test-watcher/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/painless/20_minimal_body.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 ---
 "Test execute watch api with minimal body":
-  - skip:
-      version: "all"
-      reason: "AwaitsFix https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/43988"
+
   - do:
       cluster.health:
           wait_for_status: green