diff --git a/tests/strings/strings.cpp b/tests/strings/strings.cpp
index f31c57988e..49cbd8d4af 100644
--- a/tests/strings/strings.cpp
+++ b/tests/strings/strings.cpp
@@ -168,11 +168,24 @@ void StringTestCase::Format()
     }
 
 
+    // Positional parameters tests:
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL
     (
         "two one",
         wxString::Format(wxT("%2$s %1$s"), wxT("one"), wxT("two"))
     );
+
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL
+    (
+        "hello hello",
+        wxString::Format("%1$s %1$s", "hello")
+    );
+
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL
+    (
+        "4 world hello world 3",
+        wxString::Format("%4$d %2$s %1$s %2$s %3$d", "hello", "world", 3, 4)
+    );
 }
 
 void StringTestCase::FormatUnicode()
diff --git a/tests/strings/vsnprintf.cpp b/tests/strings/vsnprintf.cpp
index 4018229cea..14d2144272 100644
--- a/tests/strings/vsnprintf.cpp
+++ b/tests/strings/vsnprintf.cpp
@@ -435,19 +435,6 @@ void VsnprintfTestCase::WrongFormatStrings()
 {
     // test how wxVsnprintf() behaves with wrong format string:
 
-#if 0
-    // NB: the next 2 tests currently return an error but it would be nice
-    //     if they didn't (see ticket #9367)
-
-    // two positionals with the same index:
-    r = wxSnprintf(buf, MAX_TEST_LEN, wxT("%1$s %1$s"), "hello");
-    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(r != -1);
-
-    // three positionals with the same index mixed with other pos args:
-    r = wxSnprintf(buf, MAX_TEST_LEN, wxT("%4$d %2$f %1$s %2$s %3$d"), "hello", "world", 3, 4);
-    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(r != -1);
-#endif
-
     // a missing positional arg should result in an assert
     WX_ASSERT_FAILS_WITH_ASSERT(
             wxSnprintf(buf, MAX_TEST_LEN, wxT("%1$d %3$d"), 1, 2, 3) );