diff --git a/test-suite/ChangeLog b/test-suite/ChangeLog
index 9a0037ff7..92b08fbd1 100644
--- a/test-suite/ChangeLog
+++ b/test-suite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-03-09  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+	* tests/syntax.test ("let*"): Changed the `duplicate bindings'
+	test, dups are allowed in `let*' and are now expected to pass.
+
 2001-03-05  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
 
 	* lib.scm (run-test-exception):  Preserve the original error's
diff --git a/test-suite/tests/syntax.test b/test-suite/tests/syntax.test
index a1d3c6269..7463d880b 100644
--- a/test-suite/tests/syntax.test
+++ b/test-suite/tests/syntax.test
@@ -219,9 +219,8 @@
 
   (with-test-prefix "duplicate bindings"
 
-    (pass-if-exception "(let* ((x 1) (x 2)) x)"
-      exception:duplicate-bindings
-      (let* ((x 1) (x 2)) x))))
+    (pass-if "(let* ((x 1) (x 2)) x)"
+      (let* ((x 1) (x 2)) #t))))
 
 (with-test-prefix "letrec"