diff --git a/chef/spec/unit/mixin/command_spec.rb b/chef/spec/unit/mixin/command_spec.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/chef/spec/unit/mixin/command_spec.rb
+++ b/chef/spec/unit/mixin/command_spec.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ describe Chef::Mixin::Command, "popen4" do
   include Chef::Mixin::Command
   
   it "should be possible to read the child process's stdout and stderr" do
-    pending "this test is unstable, wtf"
     popen4("sh -c 'echo hello && echo world >&2'") do |pid, stdin, stdout, stderr|
       stdout.read.should == "hello\n"
       stderr.read.should == "world\n"
re-enable test, could not make it more reliable though