diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/task-compare.rs b/src/test/run-pass/task-compare.rs
index 652d131584f7..2c51e5d3e666 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/task-compare.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/task-compare.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
    A test case for issue #577, which also exposes #588
 */
 
-// FIXME: This won't work until we can compare resources (#2601)
-// xfail-test
-
 extern mod std;
 use task::join;