diff --git a/muted-tests.yml b/muted-tests.yml
index 56ea32132bac7..e97ce4b62ca96 100644
--- a/muted-tests.yml
+++ b/muted-tests.yml
@@ -417,9 +417,6 @@ tests:
 - class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.integration.AuthorizationTaskExecutorIT
   method: testCreatesChatCompletion_AndThenCreatesTextEmbedding
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/138012
-- class: org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DateFieldMapperTests
-  method: testSortShortcuts
-  issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/138018
 - class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.integration.ForecastIT
   method: testOverflowToDisk
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/138055
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DateFieldMapperTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DateFieldMapperTests.java
index 9d5c88b10ee7d..b6fed65c7643c 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DateFieldMapperTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DateFieldMapperTests.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriterConfig;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexableField;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.LeafReaderContext;
-import org.apache.lucene.search.DocIdSetIterator;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Sort;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.SortField;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.index.codec.tsdb.es819.ES819TSDBDocValuesFormat;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DateFieldMapper.DateFieldType;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.blockloader.docvalues.LongsBlockLoader;
-import org.elasticsearch.lucene.comparators.XUpdateableDocIdSetIterator;
 import org.elasticsearch.script.DateFieldScript;
 import org.elasticsearch.script.ScriptService;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.DocValueFormat;
@@ -51,7 +49,6 @@
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
@@ -919,12 +916,6 @@ public void testSingletonLongBulkBlockReadingManyValues() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
-    private static final Consumer<DocIdSetIterator> checkClass = disi -> {
-        assertThat(disi, instanceOf(XUpdateableDocIdSetIterator.class));
-        XUpdateableDocIdSetIterator iterator = (XUpdateableDocIdSetIterator) disi;
-        assertThat(iterator.getDelegate().getClass().getName(), containsString("SecondarySortIterator"));
-    };
-
     @Override
     protected List<SortShortcutSupport> getSortShortcutSupport() {
         return List.of(