diff --git a/Lib/test/test_getargs.py b/Lib/test/test_getargs.py
index e2c36dd803e..4ac5aa2f7ab 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_getargs.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_getargs.py
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ class GetArgsTest(unittest.TestCase):
     # this test will fail because it does not test the right part of the
     # PyArg_ParseTuple() implementation.
     def test_with_marshal(self):
-        if not test_support.have_unicode:
-            return
-
         arg = unicode(r'\222', 'unicode-escape')
         self.assertRaises(UnicodeError, marshal.loads, arg)