diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qfilesystemmodel/BLACKLIST b/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qfilesystemmodel/BLACKLIST
index ae8a64dc1f..4119afce84 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qfilesystemmodel/BLACKLIST
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qfilesystemmodel/BLACKLIST
@@ -3,6 +3,3 @@ ubuntu
 b2qt
 [specialFiles]
 b2qt
-# QTBUG-87427
-[specialFiles]
-android
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qfilesystemmodel/tst_qfilesystemmodel.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qfilesystemmodel/tst_qfilesystemmodel.cpp
index edd7316d89..63a7d6ec07 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qfilesystemmodel/tst_qfilesystemmodel.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qfilesystemmodel/tst_qfilesystemmodel.cpp
@@ -1187,6 +1187,9 @@ void tst_QFileSystemModel::specialFiles()
 #ifndef Q_OS_UNIX
      QSKIP("Not implemented");
 #endif
+#ifdef Q_OS_ANDROID
+     QSKIP("Android does not allow access to root filesystem");
+#endif
 
     QFileSystemModel model;