diff --git a/tests/scripts/test045-syncreplication-proxied b/tests/scripts/test045-syncreplication-proxied
index ec7db03e6f..53004e8902 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/test045-syncreplication-proxied
+++ b/tests/scripts/test045-syncreplication-proxied
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ if test "$BACKEND" != "bdb" && test "$BACKEND" != "hdb" ; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-if test x"$PROXYSYNC" = x ; then
-	echo "Test disabled; set PROXYSYNC=yes to enable"
-	exit 0
-fi
+# test now handles known issues
+#if test x"$PROXYSYNC" = x ; then
+#	echo "Test disabled; set PROXYSYNC=yes to enable"
+#	exit 0
+#fi
 
 echo "running defines.sh"
 . $SRCDIR/scripts/defines.sh