diff --git a/test/test_main.py b/test/test_main.py
index 71d605a..0ea3c74 100644
--- a/test/test_main.py
+++ b/test/test_main.py
@@ -63,17 +63,12 @@ def test_readme():
     _test(u'hello world', u'həloʊ wɜːld ')
     _test(u'hello world', u'həloʊ wɜːld ', '--verbose')
     _test(u'hello world', u'həloʊ wɜːld ', '--quiet')
-    _test(u'hello world', u'hhaxlow werld', '-b festival --strip')
     _test(u'hello world', u'həloʊ wɜːld ', '-l en-us')
     _test(u'bonjour le monde', u'bɔ̃ʒuʁ lə mɔ̃d ', '-l fr-fr')
     _test(u'bonjour le monde', u'b ɔ̃ ʒ u ʁ ;eword l ə ;eword m ɔ̃ d ;eword ',
           '-l fr-fr -p " " -w ";eword "')
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    '2.1' in backend.FestivalBackend.version(),
-    reason='festival-2.1 gives different results than further versions '
-    'for syllable boundaries')
 def test_readme_festival_syll():
     _test(u'hello world',
           u'hh ax ;esyll l ow ;esyll ;eword w er l d ;esyll ;eword ',