diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/rest/FlowFrameworkRestApiIT.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/rest/FlowFrameworkRestApiIT.java
index 85805e637..d5989cc9a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/rest/FlowFrameworkRestApiIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/rest/FlowFrameworkRestApiIT.java
@@ -471,21 +471,9 @@ public void testDefaultSemanticSearchUseCaseWithFailureExpected() throws Excepti
         }
 
         assertEquals(RestStatus.OK, TestHelpers.restStatus(response));
-
-        // Distribution build contains all plugins, checking if plugins are part of the integration test cluster
-        List<String> plugins = catPlugins();
-        if (plugins.contains("opensearch-knn") && plugins.contains("opensearch-neural-search")) {
-            getAndAssertWorkflowStatus(client(), workflowId, State.PROVISIONING, ProvisioningProgress.IN_PROGRESS);
-        } else {
-            // expecting a failure since there is no neural-search plugin in cluster to provide text-embedding processor
-            getAndAssertWorkflowStatus(client(), workflowId, State.FAILED, ProvisioningProgress.FAILED);
-            String error = getAndWorkflowStatusError(client(), workflowId);
-            assertTrue(
-                error.contains(
-                    "org.opensearch.flowframework.exception.WorkflowStepException during step create_ingest_pipeline, restStatus: BAD_REQUEST"
-                )
-            );
-        }
+        getAndAssertWorkflowStatus(client(), workflowId, State.FAILED, ProvisioningProgress.FAILED);
+        String error = getAndWorkflowStatusError(client(), workflowId);
+        assertTrue(error.contains("org.opensearch.flowframework.exception.WorkflowStepException during step create_ingest_pipeline"));
     }
 
     public void testAllDefaultUseCasesCreation() throws Exception {