diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/buildrequest.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/buildrequest.py
index 465ec196062..eb603ed1d45 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/buildrequest.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/buildrequest.py
@@ -3,20 +3,12 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
 
-import sys
-
 import pytest
 
 import spack.installer as inst
 import spack.repo
 import spack.spec
 
-# Spack functionality tested here should work on Windows,
-# however, tests are currently failing because support
-# for Spack on Windows has not been extended to this
-# module yet.
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "win32", reason="does not run on windows")
-
 
 def test_build_request_errors(install_mockery):
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="must be a package"):