diff --git a/rostests/winetests/shell32/shlexec.c b/rostests/winetests/shell32/shlexec.c
index 597b38c33a3..9f4b1a385a8 100755
--- a/rostests/winetests/shell32/shlexec.c
+++ b/rostests/winetests/shell32/shlexec.c
@@ -2693,16 +2693,8 @@ START_TEST(shlexec)
     test_find_executable();
     test_lnks();
     test_exes();
-if(winetest_interactive)
-{
     test_dde();
     test_dde_default_app();
-}
-else
-{
-    win_skip("Skipping test_dde() until we have a sane DDE implementation. CORE-6559.\n");
-    win_skip("Skipping test_dde_default_app() until we have a sane DDE implementation. CORE-6559.\n");
-}
     test_directory();
 
     cleanup_test();