diff --git a/test/e2e/common/container_probe.go b/test/e2e/common/container_probe.go
index 6fb540f4b9e..31967154827 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/container_probe.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/container_probe.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	e2eevents "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/events"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
-	e2eskipper "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/skipper"
 	testutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -213,8 +212,6 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Probing container", func() {
 		Description: A Pod is created with liveness probe with a Exec action on the Pod. If the liveness probe call  does not return within the timeout specified, liveness probe MUST restart the Pod.
 	*/
 	ginkgo.It("should be restarted with a docker exec liveness probe with timeout ", func() {
-		// TODO: enable this test once the default exec handler supports timeout.
-		e2eskipper.Skipf("The default exec handler, dockertools.NativeExecHandler, does not support timeouts due to a limitation in the Docker Remote API")
 		cmd := []string{"/bin/sh", "-c", "sleep 600"}
 		livenessProbe := &v1.Probe{
 			Handler:             execHandler([]string{"/bin/sh", "-c", "sleep 10"}),