diff --git a/src/cmd/dist/test.go b/src/cmd/dist/test.go
index 35a9b50a70..4395d3a33b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/dist/test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/dist/test.go
@@ -1568,13 +1568,6 @@ func (t *tester) registerRaceTests() {
 		// t.registerTest("race:misc/cgo/test", hdr, &goTest{dir: "../misc/cgo/test", race: true, env: []string{"GOTRACEBACK=2"}})
 	}
 	if t.extLink() {
-		var oldWindows rtPreFunc
-		if strings.HasPrefix(os.Getenv("GO_BUILDER_NAME"), "windows-amd64-2008") {
-			oldWindows.pre = func(*distTest) bool {
-				fmt.Println("skipping -race with external linkage on older windows builder, see https://github.com/golang/go/issues/56904 for details")
-				return false
-			}
-		}
 		// Test with external linking; see issue 9133.
 		t.registerTest("race:external", hdr,
 			&goTest{
@@ -1582,7 +1575,7 @@ func (t *tester) registerRaceTests() {
 				ldflags:  "-linkmode=external",
 				runTests: "TestParse|TestEcho|TestStdinCloseRace",
 				pkgs:     []string{"flag", "os/exec"},
-			}, oldWindows)
+			})
 	}
 }