diff --git a/cherrypy/test/test_states.py b/cherrypy/test/test_states.py
index 7dcad91ae..28dd65100 100644
--- a/cherrypy/test/test_states.py
+++ b/cherrypy/test/test_states.py
@@ -162,10 +162,6 @@ def test_1_Restart(self):
         self.assertEqual(db_connection.running, False)
         self.assertEqual(len(db_connection.threads), 0)
 
-    @pytest.mark.xfail(
-        raises=KeyboardInterrupt, reason='KeyboardInterrupt #1873',
-        run=False,
-    )
     def test_2_KeyboardInterrupt(self):
         # Raise a keyboard interrupt in the HTTP server's main thread.
         # We must start the server in this, the main thread