diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py b/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
index 5f780d88002..32263f7f0b3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
@@ -818,11 +818,10 @@ def test_nonascii_methodname(self):
                 # protocol error; provide additional information in test output
                 self.fail("%s\n%s" % (e, getattr(e, "headers", "")))
 
-    # [ch] The test 404 is causing lots of false alarms.
-    def XXXtest_404(self):
+    def test_404(self):
         # send POST with http.client, it should return 404 header and
         # 'Not Found' message.
-        conn = httplib.client.HTTPConnection(ADDR, PORT)
+        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(ADDR, PORT)
         conn.request('POST', '/this-is-not-valid')
         response = conn.getresponse()
         conn.close()