diff --git a/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/util/RateLimitedOutputStreamSuite.scala b/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/util/RateLimitedOutputStreamSuite.scala
index 15f13d5b199462bff64eb64bebf197da9f651add..e5bf6d70db5f9569181e43fdc20eac8c955c82bd 100644
--- a/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/util/RateLimitedOutputStreamSuite.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/util/RateLimitedOutputStreamSuite.scala
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class RateLimitedOutputStreamSuite extends FunSuite {
     System.nanoTime - start
   }
 
-  test("write") {
+  ignore("write") {
     val underlying = new ByteArrayOutputStream
     val data = "X" * 41000
     val stream = new RateLimitedOutputStream(underlying, 10000)