diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_backends.py b/xarray/tests/test_backends.py
index 55e4eb7c8db..2c3b47cfe3b 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_backends.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_backends.py
@@ -1801,7 +1801,6 @@ def test_complex(self):
             with self.roundtrip(expected) as actual:
                 assert_equal(expected, actual)
 
-    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason='https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/535')
     def test_cross_engine_read_write_netcdf4(self):
         # Drop dim3, because its labels include strings. These appear to be
         # not properly read with python-netCDF4, which converts them into