diff --git a/status/explicit-failures-markup.xml b/status/explicit-failures-markup.xml
index 536da6a255..bbf0098053 100644
--- a/status/explicit-failures-markup.xml
+++ b/status/explicit-failures-markup.xml
@@ -481,16 +481,6 @@
 
     <!-- build -->
     <library name="build">
-        <test name="timedata">
-            <mark-failure>
-                <toolset name="msvc-7.1"/>
-                <toolset name="msvc-8.0"/>
-                <toolset name="msvc-9.0"/>
-                <note author="Vladimir Prus">
-                  See https://zigzag.lvk.cs.msu.su:7813/boost.build/ticket/218
-                </note>
-            </mark-failure>
-        </test>
     </library>
 
     <!-- chrono -->