diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-25/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-25/default.nix
index 1a64a2a670e0..dcd8a2ab6960 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-25/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-25/default.nix
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mv nextstep/Emacs.app $out/Applications
   '';
 
-  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/13573
-  doCheck = false;
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "GNU Emacs 25 (pre), the extensible, customizable text editor";
     homepage    = http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/;