diff --git a/tests/auto/network/kernel/qhostinfo/BLACKLIST b/tests/auto/network/kernel/qhostinfo/BLACKLIST
deleted file mode 100644
index ea4b64d7c2..0000000000
--- a/tests/auto/network/kernel/qhostinfo/BLACKLIST
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# QTBUG-23837
-[abortHostLookupInDifferentThread]
-opensuse-13.1 64bit
diff --git a/tests/auto/network/kernel/qhostinfo/tst_qhostinfo.cpp b/tests/auto/network/kernel/qhostinfo/tst_qhostinfo.cpp
index 9762e8244c..599e475beb 100644
--- a/tests/auto/network/kernel/qhostinfo/tst_qhostinfo.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/network/kernel/qhostinfo/tst_qhostinfo.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ private slots:
     void cache();
 
     void abortHostLookup();
-    void abortHostLookupInDifferentThread();
 protected slots:
     void resultsReady(const QHostInfo &);
 
@@ -621,25 +620,5 @@ public:
     int id;
 };
 
-void tst_QHostInfo::abortHostLookupInDifferentThread()
-{
-    //reset counter
-    lookupsDoneCounter = 0;
-    bool valid = false;
-    int id = -1;
-    QHostInfo result = qt_qhostinfo_lookup("a-single" TEST_DOMAIN, this, SLOT(resultsReady(QHostInfo)), &valid, &id);
-    QVERIFY(!valid);
-    QThread thread;
-    LookupAborter aborter;
-    aborter.id = id;
-    aborter.moveToThread(&thread);
-    connect(&thread, SIGNAL(started()), &aborter, SLOT(abort()));
-    //it is assumed that the DNS request/response in the backend is slower than it takes to schedule the thread and call abort
-    thread.start();
-    QVERIFY(thread.wait(5000));
-    QTestEventLoop::instance().enterLoop(5);
-    QCOMPARE(lookupsDoneCounter, 0);
-}
-
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QHostInfo)
 #include "tst_qhostinfo.moc"