diff --git a/Lib/test/test_crashers.py b/Lib/test/test_crashers.py
index 86f88f7..336ccbe 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_crashers.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_crashers.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 class CrasherTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    @unittest.skip("these tests are too fragile")
     @test.support.cpython_only
     def test_crashers_crash(self):
         for fname in glob.glob(CRASHER_FILES):