diff --git a/streams/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/integration/EosIntegrationTest.java b/streams/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/integration/EosIntegrationTest.java
index 95c19fd9cb8..d8743330218 100644
--- a/streams/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/integration/EosIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/streams/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/integration/EosIntegrationTest.java
@@ -788,19 +788,8 @@ public class EosIntegrationTest {
 
     @ParameterizedTest
     @ValueSource(booleans = {true, false})
-    public void shouldCheckpointRestoredOffsetsWhenClosingCleanDuringRestoringStateUpdaterEnabled(
+    public void shouldCheckpointRestoredOffsetsWhenClosingCleanDuringRestoring(
             final boolean processingThreadsEnabled) throws Exception {
-        shouldCheckpointRestoredOffsetsWhenClosingCleanDuringRestoring(processingThreadsEnabled, true);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldCheckpointRestoredOffsetsWhenClosingCleanDuringRestoringStateUpdaterDisabled() throws Exception {
-        shouldCheckpointRestoredOffsetsWhenClosingCleanDuringRestoring(false, false);
-    }
-
-    private void shouldCheckpointRestoredOffsetsWhenClosingCleanDuringRestoring(
-            final boolean processingThreadsEnabled,
-            final boolean stateUpdaterEnabled) throws Exception {
 
         final Properties streamsConfiguration = new Properties();
         streamsConfiguration.put(StreamsConfig.APPLICATION_ID_CONFIG, applicationId);
@@ -812,7 +801,6 @@ public class EosIntegrationTest {
         streamsConfiguration.put(ConsumerConfig.AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_CONFIG, "earliest");
         streamsConfiguration.put(StreamsConfig.STATE_DIR_CONFIG, TestUtils.tempDirectory(applicationId).getPath());
         streamsConfiguration.put(InternalConfig.PROCESSING_THREADS_ENABLED, processingThreadsEnabled);
-        streamsConfiguration.put(InternalConfig.STATE_UPDATER_ENABLED, stateUpdaterEnabled);
         streamsConfiguration.put(StreamsConfig.restoreConsumerPrefix(ConsumerConfig.MAX_POLL_RECORDS_CONFIG), 100);
         final String stateStoreName = "stateStore";
 
@@ -1223,7 +1211,6 @@ public class EosIntegrationTest {
         properties.put(StreamsConfig.STATESTORE_CACHE_MAX_BYTES_CONFIG, 0);
         properties.put(StreamsConfig.STATE_DIR_CONFIG, stateTmpDir + appDir);
         properties.put(StreamsConfig.APPLICATION_SERVER_CONFIG, dummyHostName + ":2142");
-        properties.put(InternalConfig.STATE_UPDATER_ENABLED, processingThreadsEnabled);
         properties.put(InternalConfig.PROCESSING_THREADS_ENABLED, processingThreadsEnabled);
 
         final Properties config = StreamsTestUtils.getStreamsConfig(