diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3b8fed2..00f66c4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ script:
 after_success:
     - "coverage report --show-missing"
     - "coveralls"
+
+matrix:
+    allow_failures:
+        # radicale db storage is broken in 0.8
+        - env: DAV_SERVER=radicale_database REQUIREMENTS=release
diff --git a/tests/storage/dav/test_main.py b/tests/storage/dav/test_main.py
index d5a2661..e91e42a 100644
--- a/tests/storage/dav/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/storage/dav/test_main.py
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ except ImportError:
     radicale_version = None
 
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.xfail(
-    dav_server == 'radicale_database' and radicale_version == '0.8',
-    reason='Database storage of Radicale 0.8 is broken.')
-
-
 VCARD_TEMPLATE = u'''BEGIN:VCARD
 VERSION:3.0
 FN:Cyrus Daboo