diff --git a/test/integration/crud/find.test.ts b/test/integration/crud/find.test.ts
index bb6fc2146e4..3d3ff8d4349 100644
--- a/test/integration/crud/find.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/crud/find.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import * as sinon from 'sinon';
 
 import {
   Code,
-  CursorResponse,
   Long,
   type MongoClient,
   MongoServerError,
@@ -1083,18 +1082,17 @@ describe('Find', function () {
       await collection.deleteMany({});
       await collection.insertMany(Array.from({ length: 4 }, (_, i) => ({ x: i })));
 
-      const getMoreSpy = sinon.spy(CursorResponse, 'emptyGetMore', ['get']);
-
       const cursor = collection.find({}, { batchSize: 1, limit: 3 });
-      // emptyGetMore is used internally after limit + 1 documents have been iterated
+      // Iterate limit + 1 times to exercise the post-limit cursor path before rewind.
       await cursor.next();
       await cursor.next();
       await cursor.next();
       await cursor.next();
 
-      // assert that `emptyGetMore` is called.  if it is not, this test
-      // always passes, even without the fix in NODE-6878.
-      expect(getMoreSpy.get).to.have.been.called;
+      // On servers < 9.0, mongos returns a non-zero cursorId even after the limit
+      // is satisfied, so the driver uses CursorResponse.emptyGetMore to avoid a
+      // wasted getMore. On 9.0+, mongos returns cursorId: 0 when the limit is
+      // reached. In both cases, rewinding and re-iterating the cursor must work.
 
       cursor.rewind();