diff --git a/tests/qtest/vhost-user-test.c b/tests/qtest/vhost-user-test.c
index 3d6337fb5c..2a4568cd7d 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/vhost-user-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/vhost-user-test.c
@@ -995,20 +995,17 @@ static void register_vhost_user_test(void)
                  "virtio-net",
                  test_migrate, &opts);
 
-    /* keeps failing on build-system since Aug 15 2017 */
-    if (getenv("QTEST_VHOST_USER_FIXME")) {
-        opts.before = vhost_user_test_setup_reconnect;
-        qos_add_test("vhost-user/reconnect", "virtio-net",
-                     test_reconnect, &opts);
+    opts.before = vhost_user_test_setup_reconnect;
+    qos_add_test("vhost-user/reconnect", "virtio-net",
+                 test_reconnect, &opts);
 
-        opts.before = vhost_user_test_setup_connect_fail;
-        qos_add_test("vhost-user/connect-fail", "virtio-net",
-                     test_vhost_user_started, &opts);
+    opts.before = vhost_user_test_setup_connect_fail;
+    qos_add_test("vhost-user/connect-fail", "virtio-net",
+                 test_vhost_user_started, &opts);
 
-        opts.before = vhost_user_test_setup_flags_mismatch;
-        qos_add_test("vhost-user/flags-mismatch", "virtio-net",
-                     test_vhost_user_started, &opts);
-    }
+    opts.before = vhost_user_test_setup_flags_mismatch;
+    qos_add_test("vhost-user/flags-mismatch", "virtio-net",
+                 test_vhost_user_started, &opts);
 
     opts.before = vhost_user_test_setup_multiqueue;
     opts.edge.extra_device_opts = "mq=on";