diff --git a/tests/integration/test_writes/test_writes.py b/tests/integration/test_writes/test_writes.py
index 493b163b95..033a9f7c0d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_writes/test_writes.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_writes/test_writes.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 
 from pyiceberg.catalog import Catalog, load_catalog
 from pyiceberg.catalog.hive import HiveCatalog
-from pyiceberg.catalog.rest import RestCatalog
 from pyiceberg.catalog.sql import SqlCatalog
 from pyiceberg.exceptions import NoSuchTableError
 from pyiceberg.expressions import And, EqualTo, GreaterThanOrEqual, In, LessThan, Not
@@ -885,11 +884,6 @@ def test_write_and_evolve(session_catalog: Catalog, format_version: int) -> None
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("format_version", [1, 2])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("catalog", [pytest.lazy_fixture("session_catalog_hive"), pytest.lazy_fixture("session_catalog")])
 def test_create_table_transaction(catalog: Catalog, format_version: int) -> None:
-    if format_version == 1 and isinstance(catalog, RestCatalog):
-        pytest.skip(
-            "There is a bug in the REST catalog image (https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/8756) that prevents create and commit a staged version 1 table"
-        )
-
     identifier = f"default.arrow_create_table_transaction_{catalog.name}_{format_version}"
 
     try:
@@ -942,11 +936,6 @@ def test_create_table_transaction(catalog: Catalog, format_version: int) -> None
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("format_version", [1, 2])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("catalog", [pytest.lazy_fixture("session_catalog_hive"), pytest.lazy_fixture("session_catalog")])
 def test_create_table_with_non_default_values(catalog: Catalog, table_schema_with_all_types: Schema, format_version: int) -> None:
-    if format_version == 1 and isinstance(catalog, RestCatalog):
-        pytest.skip(
-            "There is a bug in the REST catalog image (https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/8756) that prevents create and commit a staged version 1 table"
-        )
-
     identifier = f"default.arrow_create_table_transaction_with_non_default_values_{catalog.name}_{format_version}"
     identifier_ref = f"default.arrow_create_table_transaction_with_non_default_values_ref_{catalog.name}_{format_version}"