diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestAssignmentManagerMetrics.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestAssignmentManagerMetrics.java
index fb8f214a3de..aa3a20cacfb 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestAssignmentManagerMetrics.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestAssignmentManagerMetrics.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ import org.junit.rules.TestName;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+@Ignore // Disabled temporarily; reenable 
 @Category(MediumTests.class)
 public class TestAssignmentManagerMetrics {