diff --git a/tests/scripts/test033-glue-syncrepl b/tests/scripts/test033-glue-syncrepl
index 9dfefb7c4b..57d50b8477 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/test033-glue-syncrepl
+++ b/tests/scripts/test033-glue-syncrepl
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@
 ## top-level directory of the distribution or, alternatively, at
 ## <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/license.html>.
 
-if test "$BACKEND" != "bdb" && test "$BACKEND" != "hdb" ; then
-	echo "Test does not support $BACKEND"
-	exit 0
-fi
-
 echo "running defines.sh"
 . $SRCDIR/scripts/defines.sh