diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
index 25e1dc3fa06394d6ec5f94dc7ad1d2bfe294495c..fefa7333d1f07f201bccbe2a3b2e1ea3520f612b 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
@@ -4010,10 +4010,6 @@ void tst_QWidget::update()
 
     QApplication::processEvents();
     QApplication::processEvents();
-
-#ifdef Q_OS_MAC
-    QEXPECT_FAIL(0, "Cocoa compositor says to paint this twice.", Continue);
-#endif
     QTRY_COMPARE(w.numPaintEvents, 1);
 
     QCOMPARE(w.visibleRegion(), QRegion(w.rect()));