diff --git a/src/plugins/console/public/lib/autocomplete/autocomplete.ts b/src/plugins/console/public/lib/autocomplete/autocomplete.ts
index 2f6e1404e2ce7..4ad0f72a78ea9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/console/public/lib/autocomplete/autocomplete.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/console/public/lib/autocomplete/autocomplete.ts
@@ -1076,11 +1076,7 @@ export default function ({
     tracer('has started evaluating current token', currentToken);
 
     if (!currentToken) {
-      if (pos.lineNumber === 1) {
-        lastEvaluatedToken = null;
-        tracer('not starting autocomplete due to invalid current token at line 1');
-        return;
-      }
+      lastEvaluatedToken = null;
       currentToken = { position: { column: 0, lineNumber: 0 }, value: '', type: '' }; // empty row
     }
 
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/console/_autocomplete.ts b/test/functional/apps/console/_autocomplete.ts
index 368d9b971b545..2345bd4d20d19 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/console/_autocomplete.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/console/_autocomplete.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     describe('anti-regression watchdogs', () => {
       beforeEach(async () => {
         await PageObjects.console.clearTextArea();
-        await PageObjects.console.pressEnter();
       });
 
       it('should suppress auto-complete on arrow keys', async () => {
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
 
         for (const method of methods) {
           await PageObjects.console.clearTextArea();
-          await PageObjects.console.pressEnter();
 
           for (const char of method.slice(0, -1)) {
             await PageObjects.console.sleepForDebouncePeriod();