diff --git a/r/tests/testthat/test-dataset.R b/r/tests/testthat/test-dataset.R
index d34264927372..dfca492f70db 100644
--- a/r/tests/testthat/test-dataset.R
+++ b/r/tests/testthat/test-dataset.R
@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ test_that("IPC/Arrow format data", {
     dim(ds),
     "Number of rows unknown; returning NA"
   )
-  # This causes a segfault on Windows R 32-bit following ARROW-7979
-  # TODO: fix me
-  skip_on_os("windows")
   expect_equivalent(
     ds %>%
       select(string = chr, integer = int, part) %>%