diff --git a/internal/querycoordv2/handlers.go b/internal/querycoordv2/handlers.go
index 0d70128605..2bf5412968 100644
--- a/internal/querycoordv2/handlers.go
+++ b/internal/querycoordv2/handlers.go
@@ -359,8 +359,6 @@ func (s *Server) fillReplicaInfo(replica *meta.Replica, withShardNodes bool) (*m
 func checkNodeAvailable(nodeID int64, info *session.NodeInfo) error {
 	if info == nil {
 		return merr.WrapErrNodeOffline(nodeID)
-	} else if time.Since(info.LastHeartbeat()) > Params.QueryCoordCfg.HeartbeatAvailableInterval.GetAsDuration(time.Millisecond) {
-		return merr.WrapErrNodeOffline(nodeID, fmt.Sprintf("lastHB=%v", info.LastHeartbeat()))
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/querycoordv2/services_test.go b/internal/querycoordv2/services_test.go
index e5defb3f58..77160df243 100644
--- a/internal/querycoordv2/services_test.go
+++ b/internal/querycoordv2/services_test.go
@@ -1521,12 +1521,6 @@ func (suite *ServiceSuite) TestGetShardLeadersFailed() {
 			suite.nodeMgr.Add(session.NewNodeInfo(node, "localhost"))
 		}
 
-		// Last heartbeat response time too old
-		suite.fetchHeartbeats(time.Now().Add(-Params.QueryCoordCfg.HeartbeatAvailableInterval.GetAsDuration(time.Millisecond) - 1))
-		resp, err = server.GetShardLeaders(ctx, req)
-		suite.NoError(err)
-		suite.Equal(commonpb.ErrorCode_NoReplicaAvailable, resp.GetStatus().GetErrorCode())
-
 		// Segment not fully loaded
 		for _, node := range suite.nodes {
 			suite.dist.SegmentDistManager.Update(node)