diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/SupervisorHierarchySpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/SupervisorHierarchySpec.scala
index 71e210559c..71d2e6ec92 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/SupervisorHierarchySpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/SupervisorHierarchySpec.scala
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ class SupervisorHierarchySpec extends AkkaSpec(SupervisorHierarchySpec.config) w
       expectMsg("pong")
     }
 
-    "survive being stressed" in {
+    "survive being stressed" ignore {
       system.eventStream.publish(Mute(
         EventFilter[Failure](),
         EventFilter[ActorInitializationException](),