diff --git a/spacy/tests/tokenizer/test_urls.py b/spacy/tests/tokenizer/test_urls.py
index f4f9ef29e..316b25f12 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/tokenizer/test_urls.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/tokenizer/test_urls.py
@@ -21,11 +21,8 @@ URLS_FULL = URLS_BASIC + [
 URLS_SHOULD_MATCH = [
     "http://foo.com/blah_blah",
     "http://foo.com/blah_blah/",
-#    "http://foo.com/blah_blah_(wikipedia)",
-#    "http://foo.com/blah_blah_(wikipedia)_(again)",
     "http://www.example.com/wpstyle/?p=364",
     "https://www.example.com/foo/?bar=baz&inga=42&quux",
-    "http://✪df.ws/123",
     "http://userid:password@example.com:8080",
     "http://userid:password@example.com:8080/",
     "http://userid@example.com",
@@ -36,7 +33,6 @@ URLS_SHOULD_MATCH = [
     "http://userid:password@example.com/",
     "http://142.42.1.1/",
     "http://142.42.1.1:8080/",
-    "http://➡.ws/䨹",
     "http://⌘.ws",
     "http://⌘.ws/",
     "http://foo.com/blah_(wikipedia)#cite-1",
@@ -48,13 +44,19 @@ URLS_SHOULD_MATCH = [
     "http://j.mp",
     "ftp://foo.bar/baz",
     "http://foo.bar/?q=Test%20URL-encoded%20stuff",
-    "http://مثال.إختبار",
-    "http://例子.测试",
-#    "http://उदाहरण.परीक्षा",
     "http://-.~_!$&'()*+,;=:%40:80%2f::::::@example.com",
     "http://1337.net",
     "http://a.b-c.de",
     "http://223.255.255.254",
+    "http://a.b--c.de/", # this is a legit domain name see: https://gist.github.com/dperini/729294 comment on 9/9/2014
+    "http://✪df.ws/123",
+    "http://➡.ws/䨹",
+    "http://مثال.إختبار",
+    "http://例子.测试",
+
+    pytest.mark.xfail("http://उदाहरण.परीक्षा"),
+    pytest.mark.xfail("http://foo.com/blah_blah_(wikipedia)"),
+    pytest.mark.xfail("http://foo.com/blah_blah_(wikipedia)_(again)"),
 ]
 
 URLS_SHOULD_NOT_MATCH = [
@@ -74,7 +76,6 @@ URLS_SHOULD_NOT_MATCH = [
     "///a",
     "///",
     "http:///a",
-#    "foo.com",
     "rdar://1234",
     "h://test",
     "http:// shouldfail.com",
@@ -82,21 +83,22 @@ URLS_SHOULD_NOT_MATCH = [
     "http://foo.bar/foo(bar)baz quux",
     "ftps://foo.bar/",
     "http://-error-.invalid/",
-#    "http://a.b--c.de/", (this is a legit domain name see: https://gist.github.com/dperini/729294 comment on 9/9/2014
     "http://-a.b.co",
     "http://a.b-.co",
     "http://0.0.0.0",
     "http://10.1.1.0",
     "http://10.1.1.255",
     "http://224.1.1.1",
-#    "http://1.1.1.1.1",
     "http://123.123.123",
     "http://3628126748",
     "http://.www.foo.bar/",
-#    "http://www.foo.bar./",
     "http://.www.foo.bar./",
     "http://10.1.1.1",
-    "NASDAQ:GOOG"
+    "NASDAQ:GOOG",
+
+    pytest.mark.xfail("foo.com"),
+    pytest.mark.xfail("http://1.1.1.1.1"),
+    pytest.mark.xfail("http://www.foo.bar./"),
 ]