diff --git a/spec/integration/provider/package_spec.rb b/spec/integration/provider/package_spec.rb
index 698b3e579..e806a35f1 100755
--- a/spec/integration/provider/package_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/provider/package_spec.rb
@@ -1,35 +1,33 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env ruby
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe "Package provider" do
   include PuppetSpec::Files
 
   Puppet::Type.type(:package).providers.each do |name|
     provider = Puppet::Type.type(:package).provider(name)
 
     describe name, :if => provider.suitable? do
       it "should fail when asked to install an invalid package" do
-        pending("This test hangs forever with recent versions of RubyGems") if provider.name == :gem
-
         options = {:name => "nosuch#{provider.name}", :provider => provider.name}
 
         pkg = Puppet::Type.newpackage(options)
         expect { pkg.provider.install }.to raise_error
       end
 
       it "should be able to get a list of existing packages" do
         # the instances method requires root priviledges on gentoo
         # if the eix cache is outdated (to run eix-update) so make
         # sure we dont actually run eix-update
         if provider.name == :portage
           provider.stubs(:update_eix).returns('Database contains 15240 packages in 155 categories')
         end
 
         provider.instances.each do |package|
           expect(package).to be_instance_of(provider)
           expect(package.properties[:provider]).to eq(provider.name)
         end
       end
     end
   end
 end