--- a/proxy_xar.t
+++ b/proxy_xar.t
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ like($r, qr/^Expires: fake/m, 'Expires p
 like($r, qr/^Accept-Ranges: parrots/m, 'Accept-Ranges preserved');
 unlike($r, qr/^Something/m, 'other headers stripped');
 
-TODO: {
-local $TODO = 'escaped characters' unless $t->has_version('1.5.9');
+# escaped characters
 
 like(http_get('/proxy?xar=/foo?bar'), qr/200 OK.*xar: \/foo\?bar/s,
 	'X-Accel-Redirect value unchanged');
@@ -100,6 +99,4 @@ unlike(http_get('/proxy?xar=/foo/.%2e'),
 like(http_get('/proxy?xar=/foo%20bar'), qr/uri: \/foo bar/,
 	'X-Accel-Redirect unescaped');
 
-}
-
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