diff --git a/bindings/pyroot/cppyy/cppyy/test/test_fragile.py b/bindings/pyroot/cppyy/cppyy/test/test_fragile.py
index 1586e796b9760..ca21f11c9e4e0 100644
--- a/bindings/pyroot/cppyy/cppyy/test/test_fragile.py
+++ b/bindings/pyroot/cppyy/cppyy/test/test_fragile.py
@@ -544,13 +544,12 @@ def get_errmsg(exc, allspace=allspace):
         assert "invaliddigit" in err
         assert "1aap=42;" in err
 
-    @mark.xfail(strict=True, condition=not IS_WINDOWS, reason="Fails on Windows")
     def test22_cppexec(self):
         """Interactive access to the Cling global scope"""
 
         import cppyy
 
-        cppyy.cppexec("int interactive_b = 4")
+        cppyy.cppdef("int interactive_b = 4;")
         assert cppyy.gbl.interactive_b == 4
 
         with raises(SyntaxError):