diff --git a/src/__tests__/client.ts b/src/__tests__/client.ts
index c810a705fad..a0f822d3e1b 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/client.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/client.ts
@@ -3319,7 +3319,6 @@ describe('@connection', () => {
               // again to perform an additional transition.
               this.nextFetchPolicy = fetchPolicy => {
                 ++nextFetchPolicyCallCount;
-                expect(fetchPolicy).toBe("cache-and-network");
                 return "cache-first";
               };
               return "cache-and-network";
@@ -3372,9 +3371,8 @@ describe('@connection', () => {
           client.cache.evict({ fieldName: "count" });
         } else if (handleCount === 6) {
           expect(result.data).toEqual({ count: 2 });
-          expect(nextFetchPolicyCallCount).toBe(3);
+          expect(nextFetchPolicyCallCount).toBe(4);
           expect(obs.options.fetchPolicy).toBe("cache-first");
-          expect(obs.options.nextFetchPolicy).toBeUndefined();
           setTimeout(resolve, 50);
         } else {
           reject("too many results");
diff --git a/src/core/ObservableQuery.ts b/src/core/ObservableQuery.ts
index a0825f65888..25bb97179e5 100644
--- a/src/core/ObservableQuery.ts
+++ b/src/core/ObservableQuery.ts
@@ -732,11 +732,6 @@ export function applyNextFetchPolicy<TData, TVars>(
   } = options;
 
   if (nextFetchPolicy) {
-    // The options.nextFetchPolicy transition should happen only once, but it
-    // should also be possible (though uncommon) for a nextFetchPolicy function
-    // to set options.nextFetchPolicy to perform an additional transition.
-    options.nextFetchPolicy = void 0;
-
     // When someone chooses "cache-and-network" or "network-only" as their
     // initial FetchPolicy, they often do not want future cache updates to
     // trigger unconditional network requests, which is what repeatedly