diff --git a/functional-test/src/main/java/org/zanata/page/webtrans/EditorPage.java b/functional-test/src/main/java/org/zanata/page/webtrans/EditorPage.java
index 5d9ea006fc..1f4e5bf56f 100644
--- a/functional-test/src/main/java/org/zanata/page/webtrans/EditorPage.java
+++ b/functional-test/src/main/java/org/zanata/page/webtrans/EditorPage.java
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ public String getBasicTranslationTargetAtRowIndex(final int rowIndex) {
         return getContentAtRowIndex(rowIndex, TARGET_ID_FMT, Plurals.TargetSingular);
     }
 
+    public String getBasicTranslationTargetAtRowIndex(int rowIndex, Plurals plurals) {
+        return getContentAtRowIndex(rowIndex, TARGET_ID_FMT, plurals);
+    }
+
     private String getContentAtRowIndex(final long rowIndex,
             final String idFormat,
             final Plurals plural) {
diff --git a/functional-test/src/test/java/org/zanata/feature/clientserver/GettextPluralSupportTest.java b/functional-test/src/test/java/org/zanata/feature/clientserver/GettextPluralSupportTest.java
index 9b02e90fad..e346e976d5 100644
--- a/functional-test/src/test/java/org/zanata/feature/clientserver/GettextPluralSupportTest.java
+++ b/functional-test/src/test/java/org/zanata/feature/clientserver/GettextPluralSupportTest.java
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ public void setUp() throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Test(timeout = ZanataTestCase.MAX_SHORT_TEST_DURATION)
-    @Ignore("rhbz1097026")
     public void canPushAndPullPlural() throws IOException {
         restCaller.createProjectAndVersion("plurals", "master", "podir");
         List<String> output =
@@ -124,20 +123,19 @@ private static EditorPage verifyPluralPushedToEditor() {
         // verify first message
         new LoginWorkFlow().signIn("admin", "admin");
         EditorPage editorPage = new BasicWorkFlow()
-                .goToEditor("plurals", "master", "pl", "test")
-                .setSyntaxHighlighting(true);
+                .goToEditor("plurals", "master", "pl", "test");
 
         assertThat(editorPage.getMessageSourceAtRowIndex(0, Plurals.SourceSingular),
                 Matchers.equalTo("One file removed"));
         assertThat(editorPage.getMessageSourceAtRowIndex(0, Plurals.SourcePlural),
                 Matchers.equalTo("%d files removed"));
         // nplural for Polish is 3
-        assertThat(editorPage.getMessageTargetAtRowIndex(0, Plurals.TargetSingular),
+        assertThat(editorPage.getBasicTranslationTargetAtRowIndex(0, Plurals.TargetSingular),
                 Matchers.equalTo("1 aoeuaouaou"));
-        assertThat(editorPage.getMessageTargetAtRowIndex(0, Plurals.TargetPluralOne),
+        assertThat(editorPage.getBasicTranslationTargetAtRowIndex(0, Plurals.TargetPluralOne),
                 Matchers.equalTo("%d aoeuaouao"));
-        assertThat(editorPage.getMessageTargetAtRowIndex(0, Plurals.TargetPluralTwo),
-                Matchers.equalTo(" "));
+        assertThat(editorPage.getBasicTranslationTargetAtRowIndex(0, Plurals.TargetPluralTwo),
+                Matchers.equalTo(""));
 
         return editorPage;
     }