diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/test/rsgroup/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/rsgroup/TestShellRSGroups.java b/hbase-shell/src/test/rsgroup/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/rsgroup/TestShellRSGroups.java
index b81249b7fde..8651b8dc0f7 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/src/test/rsgroup/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/rsgroup/TestShellRSGroups.java
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/test/rsgroup/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/rsgroup/TestShellRSGroups.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.jruby.embed.PathType;
 import org.jruby.embed.ScriptingContainer;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 //Separate Shell test class for Groups
 //Since we need to use a different balancer and run more than 1 RS
 @Category({ClientTests.class, LargeTests.class})
+@Ignore
 public class TestShellRSGroups {
   final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
   private final static HBaseTestingUtility TEST_UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtility();