diff --git a/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/seq-writer.test b/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/seq-writer.test
index bd8de5baf..559d76a06 100644
--- a/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/seq-writer.test
+++ b/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/seq-writer.test
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ insert into __seq_write values (4, "e", 5.5);
 SET ALLOW_UNSUPPORTED_FORMATS=0;
 insert into __seq_write values (4, "e", 5.5);
 ---- CATCH
-Writing to table format SEQUENCEFILE is not supported. Use query option
+Writing to table format SEQUENCE_FILE is not supported. Use query option
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 select * from __seq_write;
diff --git a/tests/query_test/test_compressed_formats.py b/tests/query_test/test_compressed_formats.py
index bf4ea7bac..bf2353571 100644
--- a/tests/query_test/test_compressed_formats.py
+++ b/tests/query_test/test_compressed_formats.py
@@ -113,9 +113,6 @@ class TestTableWriters(ImpalaTestSuite):
     cls.TestMatrix.add_dimension(create_single_exec_option_dimension())
 
   def test_seq_writer(self, vector):
-    # TODO debug this test, temporarily disabled. Some issue with zlib on some
-    # of the cluster machines.
-    pytest.skip()
     self.run_test_case('QueryTest/seq-writer', vector)
 
   def test_avro_writer(self, vector):