diff --git a/neo/test/rawiotest/common_rawio_test.py b/neo/test/rawiotest/common_rawio_test.py
index 10c7eb2fc..488cb9fbf 100644
--- a/neo/test/rawiotest/common_rawio_test.py
+++ b/neo/test/rawiotest/common_rawio_test.py
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
         """
         cls.shortname = cls.rawioclass.__name__.lower().replace("rawio", "")
 
-        # if HAVE_DATALAD and cls.use_network:
-        #     for remote_path in cls.entities_to_download:
-        #         download_dataset(repo=repo_for_test, remote_path=remote_path)
-        # else:
-        #     raise unittest.SkipTest("Requires datalad download of data from the web")
+        if HAVE_DATALAD and cls.use_network:
+            for remote_path in cls.entities_to_download:
+                download_dataset(repo=repo_for_test, remote_path=remote_path)
+        else:
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("Requires datalad download of data from the web")
 
     def get_local_base_folder(self):
         return get_local_testing_data_folder()