diff --git a/test/system/520-checkpoint.bats b/test/system/520-checkpoint.bats
index fcb7fbb84c..046dfd1260 100644
--- a/test/system/520-checkpoint.bats
+++ b/test/system/520-checkpoint.bats
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ function setup() {
         skip "FIXME: checkpointing broken in Ubuntu 2004, 2104, 2110, ..."
     fi
 
-    if [[ "$(uname -r)" =~ "5.17" ]]; then
-        skip "FIXME: checkpointing broken on kernel 5.17 (#12949)"
-    fi
-
     # None of these tests work rootless....
     if is_rootless; then
         # ...however, is that a genuine cast-in-stone limitation, or one