diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/_field_data.js b/test/functional/apps/discover/_field_data.js
index d9cb09432b26f1..d45b8f4841cb6a 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/discover/_field_data.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/_field_data.js
@@ -27,21 +27,17 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
   const queryBar = getService('queryBar');
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'header', 'discover', 'visualize', 'timePicker']);
 
-  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/78689
-  describe.skip('discover tab', function describeIndexTests() {
+  describe('discover tab', function describeIndexTests() {
     this.tags('includeFirefox');
     before(async function () {
       await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('logstash_functional');
       await esArchiver.load('discover');
-      // delete .kibana index and update configDoc
       await kibanaServer.uiSettings.replace({
         defaultIndex: 'logstash-*',
       });
-
+      await PageObjects.timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
       await PageObjects.common.navigateToApp('discover');
-      await PageObjects.timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRange();
     });
-
     describe('field data', function () {
       it('search php should show the correct hit count', async function () {
         const expectedHitCount = '445';