diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_downstream.py b/pandas/tests/test_downstream.py
index c28e2052bd93e..9e46084898b57 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_downstream.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_downstream.py
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ def test_pandas_datareader():
         'F', 'quandl', '2017-01-01', '2017-02-01')
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail(reaason="downstream install issue")
 def test_geopandas():
 
     geopandas = import_module('geopandas')  # noqa