diff --git a/test/system/035-logs.bats b/test/system/035-logs.bats
index 47cac2aee0..c0e74fd250 100644
--- a/test/system/035-logs.bats
+++ b/test/system/035-logs.bats
@@ -136,10 +136,6 @@ function _log_test_restarted() {
     fi
     cname="c-ltr-$(safename)"
     run_podman run --log-driver=$driver ${events_backend} --name $cname $IMAGE sh -c 'start=0; if test -s log; then start=`tail -n 1 log`; fi; seq `expr $start + 1` `expr $start + 10` | tee -a log'
-    # FIXME: #9597
-    # run/start is flaking for remote so let's wait for the container condition
-    # to stop wasting energy until the root cause gets fixed.
-    run_podman container wait --condition=exited --condition=stopped $cname
     run_podman ${events_backend} start -a $cname
     logfile=$(mktemp -p ${PODMAN_TMPDIR} logfileXXXXXXXX)
     $PODMAN $_PODMAN_TEST_OPTS ${events_backend} logs -f $cname > $logfile