diff --git a/tests/content/site-data.js b/tests/content/site-data.js
index 40398c7dd4aa..469885e456ca 100644
--- a/tests/content/site-data.js
+++ b/tests/content/site-data.js
@@ -48,15 +48,19 @@ describe('siteData module (English)', () => {
     expect(reusable.includes('任意のページの左上で')).toBe(true)
   })
 
-  // TODO: re-enable once Janky flakyness is resolved
-  // Docs Engineering issue: 964
-  test.skip('backfills missing translated site data with English values', async () => {
+  test('backfills missing translated site data with English values', async () => {
     const newFile = path.join(__dirname, '../../data/newfile.yml')
-    await fs.writeFile(newFile, 'newvalue: bar')
-    const data = await loadSiteData()
-    expect(get(data, 'en.site.data.newfile.newvalue')).toEqual('bar')
-    expect(get(data, 'ja.site.data.newfile.newvalue')).toEqual('bar')
-    await fs.unlink(newFile)
+    fs.writeFileSync(newFile, 'newvalue: bar')
+    try {
+      const data = loadSiteData()
+      expect(get(data, 'en.site.data.newfile.newvalue')).toEqual('bar')
+      expect(get(data, 'ja.site.data.newfile.newvalue')).toEqual('bar')
+    } finally {
+      // If an error is thrown above, it will still "bubble up"
+      // to the jest reporter, but we still always need to clean up
+      // the temporary file.
+      fs.unlinkSync(newFile)
+    }
   })
 
   test('all Liquid templating is valid', async () => {