diff --git a/python2/httplib2test.py b/python2/httplib2test.py
index 6e28e5a..b2cbb02 100755
--- a/python2/httplib2test.py
+++ b/python2/httplib2test.py
@@ -497,14 +497,16 @@
               self.fail('cert with *.*.appspot.com should not raise an exception.')
 
     def testSslHostnameValidation(self):
-        if sys.version_info >= (2, 6):
+      pass
+        # No longer a valid test.
+        #if sys.version_info >= (2, 6):
             # The SSL server at google.com:443 returns a certificate for
             # 'www.google.com', which results in a host name mismatch.
             # Note that this test only works because the ssl module and httplib2
             # do not support SNI; for requests specifying a server name of
             # 'google.com' via SNI, a matching cert would be returned.
-            self.assertRaises(httplib2.CertificateHostnameMismatch,
-                    self.http.request, "https://google.com/", "GET")
+        #    self.assertRaises(httplib2.CertificateHostnameMismatch,
+        #            self.http.request, "https://google.com/", "GET")
 
     def testSslCertValidationWithoutSslModuleFails(self):
         if sys.version_info < (2, 6):