diff --git a/tests/org.eclipse.ui.tests/Eclipse UI Tests/org/eclipse/ui/tests/zoom/ZoomTestCase.java b/tests/org.eclipse.ui.tests/Eclipse UI Tests/org/eclipse/ui/tests/zoom/ZoomTestCase.java
index cad49341c78..4a5acf5539d 100644
--- a/tests/org.eclipse.ui.tests/Eclipse UI Tests/org/eclipse/ui/tests/zoom/ZoomTestCase.java	
+++ b/tests/org.eclipse.ui.tests/Eclipse UI Tests/org/eclipse/ui/tests/zoom/ZoomTestCase.java	
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ protected void doSetUp() throws Exception {
 		page = (WorkbenchPage) window.getActivePage();
 
 		IPreferenceStore apiStore = PrefUtil.getAPIPreferenceStore();
-		// Disable animations since they occur concurrently and can interferre
-		// with locating drop targets
-		setPreference(apiStore, IWorkbenchPreferenceConstants.ENABLE_ANIMATIONS, false);
 
 		// These tests are hard-wired to the pre-3.3 zoom behaviour
 		// Run them anyway to ensure that we preserve the 3.0 mechanism