diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index 1f216abe5ad..39aaba2402f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -429,8 +429,6 @@ def test_get_server_certificate(self):
         if not pem:
             self.fail("No server certificate on svn.python.org:443!")
 
-        return
-
         try:
             pem = ssl.get_server_certificate(("svn.python.org", 443), ca_certs=CERTFILE)
         except ssl.SSLError as x: