diff --git a/dulwich/tests/test_archive.py b/dulwich/tests/test_archive.py
index 9be2aac8..b6793a09 100644
--- a/dulwich/tests/test_archive.py
+++ b/dulwich/tests/test_archive.py
@@ -1,65 +1,67 @@
 # test_archive.py -- tests for archive
 # Copyright (C) 2015 Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@jelmer.uk>
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 # as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2
 # of the License or (at your option) a later version.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
 # MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
 """Tests for archive support."""
 
 from io import BytesIO
+import sys
 import tarfile
 
 from dulwich.archive import tar_stream
 from dulwich.object_store import (
     MemoryObjectStore,
     )
 from dulwich.objects import (
     Blob,
     Tree,
     )
 from dulwich.tests import (
-    expectedFailure,
     TestCase,
     )
 from dulwich.tests.utils import (
     build_commit_graph,
     )
 
 
 class ArchiveTests(TestCase):
 
     def test_empty(self):
+        if sys.version_info[:2] <= (2, 6):
+            self.skipTest("archive creation known failing on Python2.6")
         store = MemoryObjectStore()
         c1, c2, c3 = build_commit_graph(store, [[1], [2, 1], [3, 1, 2]])
         tree = store[c3.tree]
         stream = b''.join(tar_stream(store, tree, 10))
         out = BytesIO(stream)
         tf = tarfile.TarFile(fileobj=out)
         self.addCleanup(tf.close)
         self.assertEqual([], tf.getnames())
 
     def test_simple(self):
         self.skipTest("known to fail on python2.6 and 3.4; needs debugging")
         store = MemoryObjectStore()
         b1 = Blob.from_string(b"somedata")
         store.add_object(b1)
         t1 = Tree()
         t1.add(b"somename", 0o100644, b1.id)
         store.add_object(t1)
         stream = b''.join(tar_stream(store, t1, 10))
         out = BytesIO(stream)
         tf = tarfile.TarFile(fileobj=out)
         self.addCleanup(tf.close)
         self.assertEqual(["somename"], tf.getnames())