diff --git a/engine-clients/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/clients/prometheus/PMatrixElemTest.java b/engine-clients/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/clients/prometheus/PMatrixElemTest.java
index 3b8f91802..a5b85aad5 100644
--- a/engine-clients/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/clients/prometheus/PMatrixElemTest.java
+++ b/engine-clients/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/clients/prometheus/PMatrixElemTest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
 import io.nosqlbench.nb.api.content.NBIO;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 public class PMatrixElemTest {
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore
     public void testMatrixElem() {
         Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().create();
         String json = NBIO.classpath().name("test.json").one().asString();