diff --git a/muted-tests.yml b/muted-tests.yml
index c04a5fb205ad1..2179fbdc6c521 100644
--- a/muted-tests.yml
+++ b/muted-tests.yml
@@ -406,9 +406,6 @@ tests:
   - class: org.elasticsearch.test.index.IndexVersionUtilsTests
     method: testIndexCompatibleVersionMatches
     issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/120760
-  - class: org.elasticsearch.search.CCSDuelIT
-    method: testTerminateAfter
-    issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/126085
   - class: org.elasticsearch.smoketest.DocsClientYamlTestSuiteIT
     method: test {yaml=reference/search/retriever/line_906}
     issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/131041
diff --git a/qa/multi-cluster-search/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/CCSDuelIT.java b/qa/multi-cluster-search/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/CCSDuelIT.java
index 79cdc1047aec9..715a009692bf5 100644
--- a/qa/multi-cluster-search/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/CCSDuelIT.java
+++ b/qa/multi-cluster-search/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/CCSDuelIT.java
@@ -1333,6 +1333,7 @@ private static Map<String, Object> responseToMap(ObjectPath response) throws IOE
         Map<String, Object> responseMap = XContentHelper.convertToMap(bytesReference, false, XContentType.JSON).v2();
         assertNotNull(responseMap.put("took", -1));
         responseMap.remove("num_reduce_phases");
+        responseMap.remove("terminated_early");
         Map<String, Object> profile = (Map<String, Object>) responseMap.get("profile");
         if (profile != null) {
             List<Map<String, Object>> shards = (List<Map<String, Object>>) profile.get("shards");