diff --git a/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/analysis/test_encore.py b/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/analysis/test_encore.py
index 58f36f25c5d..fc674a50616 100644
--- a/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/analysis/test_encore.py
+++ b/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/analysis/test_encore.py
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ def test_triangular_matrix(self):
 
     @pytest.mark.xfail(os.name == 'nt',
                        reason="Not yet supported on Windows.")
-    @pytest.mark.skip(reason='test to see if it times out')
     def test_parallel_calculation(self):
 
         arguments = [tuple([i]) for i in np.arange(0,100)]