diff --git a/testing/test_junitxml.py b/testing/test_junitxml.py
index 67cc26800e5..dac2886e495 100644
--- a/testing/test_junitxml.py
+++ b/testing/test_junitxml.py
@@ -1217,7 +1217,6 @@ def test_pass():
     assert first == second
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="hangs", run=False)
 def test_runs_twice_xdist(testdir, run_and_parse):
     pytest.importorskip("xdist")
     f = testdir.makepyfile(