diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
index bfb3f424aa45..20a76523092a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
@@ -270,12 +270,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
         # Relies on suid/guid bits
         skip-testcase cpio.tests "cpio restores suid/sgid bits"
 
-        # Weird failures, looks related to our sandbox
-        skip-testcase tar.tests "tar does not extract into symlinks"
-        skip-testcase tar.tests "tar -k does not extract into symlinks"
-        skip-testcase tar.tests "tar Symlink attack: create symlink and then write through it"
-        skip-testcase tar.tests "tar Symlinks and hardlinks coexist"
-
         popd
       '';
     });