diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 066597e..9b865de 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -141,11 +141,11 @@ test('functions', function (t) {
 	t.end();
 });
 
-test('symbols', { skip: typeof Symbol !== 'function' }, function (t) {
+var hasSymbols = typeof Symbol === 'function' && typeof Symbol('foo') === 'symbol';
+test('symbols', { skip: !hasSymbols }, function (t) {
 	var foo = 'foo';
 	var fooSym = Symbol(foo);
 	t.ok(isEqual(fooSym, fooSym), 'Symbol("foo") is equal to itself');
-	t.ok(isEqual(String(fooSym), String(Symbol(foo))), 'Symbol("foo") stringifies the same even for different instances');
 	t.notOk(isEqual(Symbol(foo), Symbol(foo)), 'Symbol("foo") is not equal to Symbol("foo"), even when the string is the same instance');
 
 	t.end();