diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_gin_redo.py b/test_runner/regress/test_gin_redo.py
index 3ec2163203..71382990dc 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_gin_redo.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_gin_redo.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ def test_gin_redo(neon_simple_env: NeonEnv):
     secondary = env.endpoints.new_replica_start(origin=primary, endpoint_id="secondary")
     con = primary.connect()
     cur = con.cursor()
-    cur.execute("select pg_switch_wal()")
     cur.execute("create table gin_test_tbl(id integer, i int4[])")
     cur.execute("create index gin_test_idx on gin_test_tbl using gin (i)")
     cur.execute("insert into gin_test_tbl select g,array[3, 1, g] from generate_series(1, 10000) g")