diff --git a/S32-str/sprintf.t b/S32-str/sprintf.t
index 31b7dc3045..591bef89f5 100644
--- a/S32-str/sprintf.t
+++ b/S32-str/sprintf.t
@@ -199,19 +199,6 @@ is sprintf('%f', 2.718281828459), sprintf('%.6f', 2.718281828459), '%f defaults
 is sprintf('%g', 2.718281828459), sprintf('%.6g', 2.718281828459), '%g defaults to .6';
 is sprintf('%G', 2.718281828459), sprintf('%.6G', 2.718281828459), '%G defaults to .6';
 
-# I don't know about the wisdom of these, but this is how Perl 5 handles it
-#?rakudo.jvm  10 skip "Issues with Inf: RT #116280"
-is sprintf('%e', Inf), "Inf", 'Inf properly handled %e';
-is sprintf('%E', Inf), "Inf", 'Inf properly handled %E';
-is sprintf('%f', Inf), "Inf", 'Inf properly handled %f';
-is sprintf('%g', Inf), "Inf", 'Inf properly handled %g';
-is sprintf('%G', Inf), "Inf", 'Inf properly handled %G';
-is sprintf('%e', -Inf), "-Inf", '-Inf properly handled %e';
-is sprintf('%E', -Inf), "-Inf", '-Inf properly handled %E';
-is sprintf('%f', -Inf), "-Inf", '-Inf properly handled %f';
-is sprintf('%g', -Inf), "-Inf", '-Inf properly handled %g';
-is sprintf('%G', -Inf), "-Inf", '-Inf properly handled %G';
-
 # L<S32::Str/"Str"/"The special directive, %n does not work in Perl 6">
 dies-ok(sub {my $x = sprintf('%n', 1234)}, '%n dies (Perl 5 compatibility)');   #OK not used
 dies-ok(sub {my $x = sprintf('%p', 1234)}, '%p dies (Perl 5 compatibility)');   #OK not used
@@ -233,12 +220,22 @@ is map({chars sprintf "[%18s]\n", "ಠ" x $_ }, 0..6),         [21, 21, 21, 21,
 is Date.new(-13_000_000_000, 1, 1),                          '-13000000000-01-01',                'RT #114760';
 
 # RT #116280
-#?rakudo.jvm skip "java.lang.NumberFormatException: RT#116280"
 {
     is sprintf('%12.5f',  NaN), '         NaN', 'RT #116280';
     #?niecza 2 todo "https://github.com/sorear/niecza/issues/181"
     is sprintf('%12.5f',  Inf), '         Inf', 'RT #116280';
     is sprintf('%12.5f', -Inf), '        -Inf', 'RT #116280';
+
+    is sprintf('% 6e', Inf), "   Inf", 'Inf properly handled %e';
+    is sprintf('%+6E', Inf), "  +Inf", 'Inf properly handled %E';
+    is sprintf('%6f', Inf),  "   Inf", 'Inf properly handled %f';
+    is sprintf('%+6g', Inf), "  +Inf", 'Inf properly handled %g';
+    is sprintf('% 6G', Inf), "   Inf", 'Inf properly handled %G';
+    is sprintf('%e', -Inf),  "-Inf",   '-Inf properly handled %e';
+    is sprintf('%E', -Inf),  "-Inf",   '-Inf properly handled %E';
+    is sprintf('%f', -Inf),  "-Inf",   '-Inf properly handled %f';
+    is sprintf('%g', -Inf),  "-Inf",   '-Inf properly handled %g';
+    is sprintf('%G', -Inf),  "-Inf",   '-Inf properly handled %G';
 }
 
 # RT #106594, #62316, #74610