diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
index 99698fba9..256d35fd6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
@@ -665,8 +665,6 @@ class UnicodeTest(string_tests.CommonTest,
                    '\U0001D7F6', '\U00011066', '\U000104A0', '\U0001F107']:
             self.assertTrue(ch.isalnum(), '{!a} is alnum.'.format(ch))
 
-    # TODO: RUSTPYTHON
-    @unittest.expectedFailure
     def test_isalpha(self):
         super().test_isalpha()
         self.checkequalnofix(True, '\u1FFc', 'isalpha')
diff --git a/vm/src/obj/objstr.rs b/vm/src/obj/objstr.rs
index 3c60c4d70..633242ef7 100644
--- a/vm/src/obj/objstr.rs
+++ b/vm/src/obj/objstr.rs
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ impl PyString {
 
     #[pymethod]
     fn isalpha(&self) -> bool {
-        !self.value.is_empty() && self.value.chars().all(char::is_alphanumeric)
+        !self.value.is_empty() && self.value.chars().all(char::is_alphabetic)
     }
 
     #[pymethod]