diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/TestReplicationHandler.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/TestReplicationHandler.java
index ab4f11968cf..8c88d1e4361 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/TestReplicationHandler.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/TestReplicationHandler.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import org.apache.solr.common.util.SimpleOrderedMap;
 import org.apache.solr.util.AbstractSolrTestCase;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 /**
@@ -902,6 +903,7 @@ public class TestReplicationHandler extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
   }
 
   @Test
+  @Ignore("ignore while i track down the intermittent problem with this test")
   public void doTestIndexAndConfigAliasReplication() throws Exception {
     clearIndexWithReplication();