diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pydoc/test_pydoc.py b/Lib/test/test_pydoc/test_pydoc.py
index 31f0a1eb2cbf40..1793ef148703b1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pydoc/test_pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pydoc/test_pydoc.py
@@ -1299,7 +1299,6 @@ def test_apropos_with_unreadable_dir(self):
         self.assertEqual(out.getvalue(), '')
         self.assertEqual(err.getvalue(), '')
 
-    @os_helper.skip_unless_working_chmod
     def test_apropos_empty_doc(self):
         pkgdir = os.path.join(TESTFN, 'walkpkg')
         os.mkdir(pkgdir)