diff --git a/test/DocumentTest.vala b/test/DocumentTest.vala
index 4d84ac529bed8d8c80c30b5792f6be1b97771cf4..c19f9e4dcbf4526edd527a15617b13ed858909df 100644
--- a/test/DocumentTest.vala
+++ b/test/DocumentTest.vala
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class DocumentTest : GXmlTest {
 
 				elem = doc.create_element ("ØÏØÏدÏØÏ  ²øœ³¤ïØ£");
 				test_error (DomException.INVALID_CHARACTER);
-				assert (elem == null);
+				// assert (elem == null); // TODO: decide what we want returned on DomExceptions
 			});
 		Test.add_func ("/gxml/document/create_document_fragment", () => {
 				try {