diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 22114d1d..a15c8322 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -19,13 +19,3 @@ override_dh_install:
 		debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/pkgconfig/libfprint-2.pc
 	dh_install
 
-override_dh_auto_test:
-	# don't fail build on s390x, some tests are failing but upstream
-	# isn't interested in spending energy on this at the moment
-	# see https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint/issues/236
-ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),s390x))
-	dh_auto_test || true
-else
-	dh_auto_test
-endif
-