diff --git a/test/test_submodule.py b/test/test_submodule.py
@@ -948,18 +948,6 @@ def test_remove_norefs(self, rwdir):
        sm.remove()
        assert not sm.exists()

-    @pytest.mark.xfail(
-        os.name == "nt" and sys.version_info >= (3, 12),
-        reason=(
-            "The sm.move call fails. Submodule.move calls os.renames, which raises:\n"
-            "PermissionError: [WinError 32] "
-            "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: "
-            R"'C:\Users\ek\AppData\Local\Temp\test_renamekkbznwjp\parent\mymodules\myname' "
-            R"-> 'C:\Users\ek\AppData\Local\Temp\test_renamekkbznwjp\parent\renamed\myname'"
-            "\nThis resembles other Windows errors, but only occurs starting in Python 3.12."
-        ),
-        raises=PermissionError,
-    )
    @with_rw_directory
    def test_rename(self, rwdir):
        parent = git.Repo.init(osp.join(rwdir, "parent"))
@@ -970,6 +958,12 @@ def test_rename(self, rwdir):
        assert sm.rename(sm_name) is sm and sm.name == sm_name
        assert not sm.repo.is_dirty(index=True, working_tree=False, untracked_files=False)

        new_path = "renamed/myname"
        assert sm.move(new_path).name == new_path