diff --git a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestSimpleExplanations.java b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestSimpleExplanations.java
index e863da59c43..190a2d2feae 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestSimpleExplanations.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestSimpleExplanations.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.apache.lucene.index.Term;
 /**
  * TestExplanations subclass focusing on basic query types
  */
+// nocommit: WTF ant test  -Dtestcase=TestSimpleExplanations -Dtests.method=testFQ2 -Dtests.seed=ED13809D5BBA6703 -Dtests.slow=true -Dtests.locale=fr_CH -Dtests.timezone=Brazil/Acre -Dtests.file.encoding=US-ASCII
 public class TestSimpleExplanations extends TestExplanations {
 
   // we focus on queries that don't rewrite to other queries.