diff --git a/test/tw-1469.t b/test/tw-1469.t
index 34e9a1fa8..b158e0de4 100755
--- a/test/tw-1469.t
+++ b/test/tw-1469.t
@@ -61,18 +61,16 @@ class Test1469(TestCase):
         self.assertIn('möbel', out)
         self.assertNotIn('foo', out)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf('CYGWIN' in platform.system(), 'Skipping regex case-insensitive test for Cygwin')
     def test_implicit_search_insensitive_regex(self):
         """Implicit search, case insensitive, regex """
-        if 'CYGWIN' in platform.system():
-            self.diag('Skipping regex case-insensitive test for Cygwin')
-        else:
-            code, out, err = self.t(('list', 'möbel',
-                                     'rc.search.case.sensitive=no',
-                                     'rc.regex=on'))
-            self.assertEqual(0, code,
-                             "Exit code was non-zero ({0})".format(code))
-            self.assertIn('möbel', out)
-            self.assertNotIn('foo', out)
+        code, out, err = self.t(('list', 'möbel',
+                                 'rc.search.case.sensitive=no',
+                                 'rc.regex=on'))
+        self.assertEqual(0, code,
+                         "Exit code was non-zero ({0})".format(code))
+        self.assertIn('möbel', out)
+        self.assertNotIn('foo', out)
 
     def test_implicit_search_insensitive_noregex(self):
         """Implicit search, case insensitive, no regex """