diff --git a/maint_tools/test_docstrings.py b/maint_tools/test_docstrings.py
index 7687cbe52168d..081d5954eddf8 100644
--- a/maint_tools/test_docstrings.py
+++ b/maint_tools/test_docstrings.py
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 
 numpydoc_validation = pytest.importorskip("numpydoc.validate")
 
-# List of modules ignored when checking for numpydoc validation.
-DOCSTRING_IGNORE_LIST = []
-
 FUNCTION_DOCSTRING_IGNORE_LIST = [
     "sklearn._config.config_context",
     "sklearn._config.get_config",
@@ -421,11 +418,6 @@ def test_docstring(Estimator, method, request):
 
     import_path = ".".join(import_path)
 
-    if Estimator.__name__ in DOCSTRING_IGNORE_LIST:
-        request.applymarker(
-            pytest.mark.xfail(run=False, reason="TODO pass numpydoc validation")
-        )
-
     res = numpydoc_validation.validate(import_path)
 
     res["errors"] = list(filter_errors(res["errors"], method, Estimator=Estimator))