diff --git a/src/operations/delete.ts b/src/operations/delete.ts
index 9f97f487be9..d6f6de4f187 100644
--- a/src/operations/delete.ts
+++ b/src/operations/delete.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { type Connection } from '../cmap/connection';
 import { MongoDBResponse } from '../cmap/wire_protocol/responses';
 import { MongoCompatibilityError, MongoServerError } from '../error';
 import type { ClientSession } from '../sessions';
-import { type MongoDBCollectionNamespace, type MongoDBNamespace } from '../utils';
+import { maxWireVersion, type MongoDBCollectionNamespace, type MongoDBNamespace } from '../utils';
 import { type WriteConcernOptions } from '../write_concern';
 import { type CollationOptions, CommandOperation, type CommandOperationOptions } from './command';
 import { Aspect, defineAspects, type Hint } from './operation';
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class DeleteOperation extends CommandOperation<Document> {
     return this.statements.every(op => (op.limit != null ? op.limit > 0 : true));
   }
 
-  override buildCommandDocument(_connection: Connection, _session?: ClientSession): Document {
+  override buildCommandDocument(connection: Connection, _session?: ClientSession): Document {
     const options = this.options;
 
     const ordered = typeof options.ordered === 'boolean' ? options.ordered : true;
@@ -86,10 +86,11 @@ export class DeleteOperation extends CommandOperation<Document> {
     }
 
     const unacknowledgedWrite = this.writeConcern && this.writeConcern.w === 0;
-    if (unacknowledgedWrite) {
+    if (unacknowledgedWrite && maxWireVersion(connection) < 9) {
       if (this.statements.find((o: Document) => o.hint)) {
-        // TODO(NODE-3541): fix error for hint with unacknowledged writes
-        throw new MongoCompatibilityError(`hint is not supported with unacknowledged writes`);
+        throw new MongoCompatibilityError(
+          `hint for the delete command is only supported on MongoDB 4.4+`
+        );
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/operations/find_and_modify.ts b/src/operations/find_and_modify.ts
index b8c573e3adc..00c5e6530c3 100644
--- a/src/operations/find_and_modify.ts
+++ b/src/operations/find_and_modify.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { MongoCompatibilityError, MongoInvalidArgumentError } from '../error';
 import { ReadPreference } from '../read_preference';
 import type { ClientSession } from '../sessions';
 import { formatSort, type Sort, type SortForCmd } from '../sort';
-import { decorateWithCollation, hasAtomicOperators } from '../utils';
+import { decorateWithCollation, hasAtomicOperators, maxWireVersion } from '../utils';
 import { type WriteConcern, type WriteConcernSettings } from '../write_concern';
 import { CommandOperation, type CommandOperationOptions } from './command';
 import { Aspect, defineAspects } from './operation';
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export class FindAndModifyOperation extends CommandOperation<Document> {
   }
 
   override buildCommandDocument(
-    _connection: Connection,
+    connection: Connection,
     _session?: ClientSession
   ): Document & FindAndModifyCmdBase {
     const options = this.options;
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ export class FindAndModifyOperation extends CommandOperation<Document> {
 
     if (options.hint) {
       const unacknowledgedWrite = this.writeConcern?.w === 0;
-      if (unacknowledgedWrite) {
+      if (unacknowledgedWrite && maxWireVersion(connection) < 9) {
         throw new MongoCompatibilityError(
-          'The current topology does not support a hint on findAndModify commands'
+          'hint for the findAndModify command is only supported on MongoDB 4.4+'
         );
       }
 
diff --git a/src/operations/update.ts b/src/operations/update.ts
index 089390fcf73..c09001ba2f8 100644
--- a/src/operations/update.ts
+++ b/src/operations/update.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { Document } from '../bson';
 import { type Connection } from '../cmap/connection';
 import { MongoDBResponse } from '../cmap/wire_protocol/responses';
-import { MongoCompatibilityError, MongoInvalidArgumentError, MongoServerError } from '../error';
+import { MongoInvalidArgumentError, MongoServerError } from '../error';
 import type { InferIdType } from '../mongo_types';
 import type { ClientSession } from '../sessions';
 import { formatSort, type Sort, type SortForCmd } from '../sort';
@@ -121,14 +121,6 @@ export class UpdateOperation extends CommandOperation<Document> {
       command.comment = options.comment;
     }
 
-    const unacknowledgedWrite = this.writeConcern?.w === 0;
-    if (unacknowledgedWrite) {
-      if (this.statements.find((o: Document) => o.hint)) {
-        // TODO(NODE-3541): fix error for hint with unacknowledged writes
-        throw new MongoCompatibilityError(`hint is not supported with unacknowledged writes`);
-      }
-    }
-
     return command;
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/crud/crud.spec.test.ts b/test/integration/crud/crud.spec.test.ts
index 243b8c8e614..a49df8314ea 100644
--- a/test/integration/crud/crud.spec.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/crud/crud.spec.test.ts
@@ -3,35 +3,6 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import { loadSpecTests } from '../../spec/index';
 import { runUnifiedSuite } from '../../tools/unified-spec-runner/runner';
 
-const unacknowledgedHintTests = [
-  'Unacknowledged updateOne with hint document on 4.2+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged updateOne with hint string on 4.2+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged updateMany with hint document on 4.2+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged updateMany with hint string on 4.2+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged replaceOne with hint document on 4.2+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged replaceOne with hint string on 4.2+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged updateOne with hint document on 4.2+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged updateOne with hint string on 4.2+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged updateMany with hint document on 4.2+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged updateMany with hint string on 4.2+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged replaceOne with hint document on 4.2+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged replaceOne with hint string on 4.2+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged findOneAndUpdate with hint document on 4.4+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged findOneAndUpdate with hint string on 4.4+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged findOneAndReplace with hint document on 4.4+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged findOneAndReplace with hint string on 4.4+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged findOneAndDelete with hint document on 4.4+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged findOneAndDelete with hint string on 4.4+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged deleteOne with hint document on 4.4+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged deleteOne with hint string on 4.4+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged deleteMany with hint document on 4.4+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged deleteMany with hint string on 4.4+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged deleteOne with hint document on 4.4+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged deleteOne with hint string on 4.4+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged deleteMany with hint document on 4.4+ server',
-  'Unacknowledged deleteMany with hint string on 4.4+ server'
-];
-
 const loadBalancedCollationTests = [
   'FindOneAndUpdate when many documents match with collation returning the document before modification',
   'FindOneAndReplace when one document matches with collation returning the document after modification',
@@ -70,13 +41,10 @@ describe('CRUD unified', function () {
   runUnifiedSuite(
     loadSpecTests(path.join('crud', 'unified')),
     ({ description }, { isLoadBalanced }) => {
-      return unacknowledgedHintTests.includes(description)
-        ? `TODO(NODE-3541)`
-        : isLoadBalanced && loadBalancedCollationTests.includes(description)
-          ? `TODO(NODE-6280): fix collation for find and modify commands on load balanced mode`
-          : description in unimplementedCrudTests
-            ? unimplementedCrudTests[description]
-            : false;
+      if (isLoadBalanced && loadBalancedCollationTests.includes(description)) {
+        return `TODO(NODE-6280): fix collation for find and modify commands on load balanced mode`;
+      }
+      return unimplementedCrudTests[description] ?? false;
     }
   );
 });