diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_plot.py b/xarray/tests/test_plot.py
index acf604653c9..bbd7c31fa16 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_plot.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_plot.py
@@ -2581,7 +2581,6 @@ def test_datetime_line_plot(self):
         self.darray.plot.line()
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="recent versions of nc-time-axis and cftime are incompatible")
 @pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:setting an array element with a sequence")
 @requires_nc_time_axis
 @requires_cftime