diff --git a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/server/testing/TestingTrinoServer.java b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/server/testing/TestingTrinoServer.java
index 6ec0384b66dd..360282ae0a40 100644
--- a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/server/testing/TestingTrinoServer.java
+++ b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/server/testing/TestingTrinoServer.java
@@ -251,8 +251,6 @@ private TestingTrinoServer(
                 .put("internal-communication.shared-secret", "internal-shared-secret");
 
         if (coordinator) {
-            // TODO: enable failure detector
-            serverProperties.put("failure-detector.enabled", "false");
             serverProperties.put("catalog.store", "memory");
 
             // Reduce memory footprint in tests