diff --git a/tests/test_pelican.py b/tests/test_pelican.py
index c317e5b3..49328ebe 100644
--- a/tests/test_pelican.py
+++ b/tests/test_pelican.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ class TestPelican(unittest.TestCase):
     # general functional testing for pelican. Basically, this test case tries
     # to run pelican in different situations and see how it behaves
 
-    @unittest.skip("Test failing")
     def test_basic_generation_works(self):
         # when running pelican without settings, it should pick up the default
         # ones and generate the output without raising any exception / issuing
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ class TestPelican(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(diff.right_only, [])
             self.assertEqual(diff.diff_files, [])
 
-    @unittest.skip("Test failing")
     def test_custom_generation_works(self):
         # the same thing with a specified set of settings should work
         with temporary_folder() as temp_path: