diff --git a/packages/collector/test/tracing/messaging/node-rdkafka/test.js b/packages/collector/test/tracing/messaging/node-rdkafka/test.js
index 86d885c05..c9f60e5b7 100644
--- a/packages/collector/test/tracing/messaging/node-rdkafka/test.js
+++ b/packages/collector/test/tracing/messaging/node-rdkafka/test.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ const {
 const {
   tracing: { supportedVersion }
 } = require('@instana/core');
-const semver = require('semver');
 const config = require('../../../../../core/test/config');
 const { expectExactlyOneMatching, retry, delay, stringifyItems } = require('../../../../../core/test/test_util');
 const ProcessControls = require('../../../test_util/ProcessControls');
@@ -51,11 +50,7 @@ const SINGLE_TEST_PROPS = {
 const retryTime = 1000;
 const topic = 'rdkafka-topic';
 
-// TODO: investigate as part of https://jsw.ibm.com/browse/INSTA-17132
-const mochaSuiteFn =
-  supportedVersion(process.versions.node) && semver.satisfies(process.versions.node, '<=22.x')
-    ? describe
-    : describe.skip;
+const mochaSuiteFn = supportedVersion(process.versions.node) ? describe : describe.skip;
 
 mochaSuiteFn('tracing/messaging/node-rdkafka', function () {
   this.timeout(config.getTestTimeout() * 4);