diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/test_parquet.py b/pandas/tests/io/test_parquet.py
index fe3ca0d0937b3..99e7c3061d670 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/test_parquet.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/test_parquet.py
@@ -671,12 +671,7 @@ def test_s3_roundtrip(self, df_compat, s3_resource, pa, s3so):
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "partition_col",
         [
-            pytest.param(
-                ["A"],
-                marks=pytest.mark.xfail(
-                    PY38, reason="Getting back empty DataFrame", raises=AssertionError
-                ),
-            ),
+            ["A"],
             [],
         ],
     )