diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index eee79bc590..1122b8ff94 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -2645,12 +2645,9 @@ end
     @test autodiff(Reverse, f8, Active, Active(1.5))[1][1] == 0
     @test autodiff(Forward, f8, Duplicated(1.5, 1.0))[1]   == 0
 
-    # On Julia 1.6 the gradients are wrong (0.7 not 1.2), see #973
-    @static if VERSION ≥ v"1.7-"
-        f9(x) = sum(quantile([1.0, x], [0.5, 0.7]))
-        @test autodiff(Reverse, f9, Active, Active(2.0))[1][1] == 1.2
-        @test autodiff(Forward, f9, Duplicated(2.0, 1.0))[1]   == 1.2
-    end
+    f9(x) = sum(quantile([1.0, x], [0.5, 0.7]))
+    @test autodiff(Reverse, f9, Active, Active(2.0))[1][1] == 1.2
+    @test autodiff(Forward, f9, Duplicated(2.0, 1.0))[1]   == 1.2
 end
 
 @testset "Linear Solve" begin