diff --git a/test/test-encodings.script b/test/test-encodings.script
index 5bbbb852da14fb6d258df0a9d822d3936b824f18..0d9aa54d31b023536d042a1ba39ed7d221e6fa13 100644
--- a/test/test-encodings.script
+++ b/test/test-encodings.script
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@
   (when (version< version-nums "1.1.2")
     (leave-test "Your old ABCL is known to fail this test script, so skipping it." 0)))
 
-#+mkcl
-(when (version<= (lisp-implementation-version) "1.1.8")
-  (leave-test "Your old MKCL is known to fail this test script, so skipping it." 0))
-
 (with-encoding-test (:utf-8)
   (def-test-system :test-encoding-explicit-u8
     :components ((:file "lambda" :encoding :utf-8))))