diff --git a/doc/whats-new.rst b/doc/whats-new.rst
index ed94b84feea..bc0e5092d5b 100644
--- a/doc/whats-new.rst
+++ b/doc/whats-new.rst
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ Internal Changes
   By `Bruno Pagani <https://github.com/ArchangeGabriel>`_.
 - Updated Azure CI MacOS image, given pending removal.
   By `Maximilian Roos <https://github.com/max-sixty>`_
+- Removed xfails for scipy 1.0.1 for tests that append to netCDF files (:pull:`3805`).
+  By `Mathias Hauser <https://github.com/mathause>`_.
 - Removed conversion to :py:class:`pandas.Panel`, given its removal in pandas
   in favor of xarray's objects.
   By `Maximilian Roos <https://github.com/max-sixty>`_
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_backends.py b/xarray/tests/test_backends.py
index 015d2cbfdeb..59ed8e690cc 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_backends.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_backends.py
@@ -1979,24 +1979,8 @@ def create_zarr_target(self):
             yield tmp
 
 
-class ScipyWriteBase(CFEncodedBase, NetCDF3Only):
-    def test_append_write(self):
-        import scipy
-
-        if scipy.__version__ == "1.0.1":
-            pytest.xfail("https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/8625")
-        super().test_append_write()
-
-    def test_append_overwrite_values(self):
-        import scipy
-
-        if scipy.__version__ == "1.0.1":
-            pytest.xfail("https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/8625")
-        super().test_append_overwrite_values()
-
-
 @requires_scipy
-class TestScipyInMemoryData(ScipyWriteBase):
+class TestScipyInMemoryData(CFEncodedBase, NetCDF3Only):
     engine = "scipy"
 
     @contextlib.contextmanager
@@ -2017,7 +2001,7 @@ def test_bytes_pickle(self):
 
 
 @requires_scipy
-class TestScipyFileObject(ScipyWriteBase):
+class TestScipyFileObject(CFEncodedBase, NetCDF3Only):
     engine = "scipy"
 
     @contextlib.contextmanager
@@ -2050,7 +2034,7 @@ def test_pickle_dataarray(self):
 
 
 @requires_scipy
-class TestScipyFilePath(ScipyWriteBase):
+class TestScipyFilePath(CFEncodedBase, NetCDF3Only):
     engine = "scipy"
 
     @contextlib.contextmanager
@@ -3317,7 +3301,7 @@ def test_session(self):
 
 @requires_scipy
 @requires_pynio
-class TestPyNio(ScipyWriteBase):
+class TestPyNio(CFEncodedBase, NetCDF3Only):
     def test_write_store(self):
         # pynio is read-only for now
         pass