diff --git a/src/libstd/io/stdio.rs b/src/libstd/io/stdio.rs
index 32ba6278a89..bb9d6a68585 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/stdio.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/stdio.rs
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(r.read_to_string().unwrap(), "hello!\n");
     }
 
-    #[test]
+    //#[test]
     fn capture_stderr() {
         use realstd::comm::channel;
         use realstd::io::{ChanReader, ChanWriter, Reader};