diff --git a/.github/workflows/solaris-build.yml b/.github/workflows/solaris-build.yml
index a8d7869be..e41e002dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/solaris-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/solaris-build.yml
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ jobs:
           ./configure --with-rrsync -disable-zstd --disable-md2man --disable-xxhash --disable-lz4
           make
           ./rsync --version
-          cat > testsuite/xattrs.test <<'EOF'
-          #!/bin/sh
-          . $suitedir/rsync.fns
-          test_skipped "skipped on Solaris pending xattrs fix"
-          EOF
           make check
           ./rsync-ssl --no-motd download.samba.org::rsyncftp/ || true
     - name: save artifact
diff --git a/testsuite/xattrs.test b/testsuite/xattrs.test
index d94d5f950..c0f3784b0 100644
--- a/testsuite/xattrs.test
+++ b/testsuite/xattrs.test
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ EOF
     xls() {
 	for fn in "${@}"; do
 	    runat "$fn" "$SHELL_PATH" <<EOF
-for x in *; do echo "\$x=\`cat \$x\`"; done
+for x in *; do
+    case "\$x" in SUNWattr_*) continue;; esac
+    echo "\$x=\`cat \$x\`"
+done
 EOF
        done
     }