diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/New-Item.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/New-Item.Tests.ps1
index 6a1c499e2..8fc8ce281 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/New-Item.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/New-Item.Tests.ps1
@@ -206,16 +206,26 @@ Describe "New-Item with links" -Tags @('CI', 'RequireAdminOnWindows') {
         Remove-Item $FullyQualifiedLink -Force
     }
 
-    It "Should error correctly when failing to create a symbolic link" -Skip:($IsWindows -or $IsElevated) {
-        Write-Host "Iselevated: $IsElevated"
-        # This test expects that /sbin exists but is not writable by the user
-        { New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path "/sbin/powershell-test" -Target $FullyQualifiedFolder -ErrorAction Stop } |
-		Should -Throw -ErrorId "NewItemSymbolicLinkElevationRequired,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand"
-    }
-
     It "New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink should understand directory path ending with slash" {
         $folderName = [System.IO.Path]::GetRandomFileName()
         $symbolicLinkPath = New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path "$tmpDirectory/$folderName/" -Value "/bar/"
         $symbolicLinkPath | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty
     }
 }
+
+Describe "New-Item with links fails for non elevated user." -Tags "CI" {
+    BeforeAll {
+        $tmpDirectory         = $TestDrive
+        $testfile             = "testfile.txt"
+        $testfolder           = "newDirectory"
+        $testlink             = "testlink"
+        $FullyQualifiedFile   = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testfile
+        $FullyQualifiedFolder = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testfolder
+    }
+
+    It "Should error correctly when failing to create a symbolic link" {
+        # This test expects that /sbin exists but is not writable by the user
+        { New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path "/sbin/powershell-test" -Target $FullyQualifiedFolder -ErrorAction Stop } |
+        Should -Throw -ErrorId "NewItemSymbolicLinkElevationRequired,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand"
+    }
+}