diff --git a/t/inc/SearchUpdate.t b/t/inc/SearchUpdate.t
index dc03b2a1bc6..f4ae3f7a36d 100644
--- a/t/inc/SearchUpdate.t
+++ b/t/inc/SearchUpdate.t
@@ -59,6 +59,4 @@ is( updateText( 'a > b' ), 'a b', 'Handle unclosed tags' );
 
 $text = str_pad( "foo <barbarbar \n", 10000, 'x' );
 
-todo_start("Bug 18609");
 isnt( updateText( $text ), '', 'Bug 18609' );
-todo_end();