diff --git a/jetty-spdy/spdy-http-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/spdy/server/http/SSLExternalServerTest.java b/jetty-spdy/spdy-http-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/spdy/server/http/SSLExternalServerTest.java
index 84d86763bec..d307c930e1d 100644
--- a/jetty-spdy/spdy-http-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/spdy/server/http/SSLExternalServerTest.java
+++ b/jetty-spdy/spdy-http-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/spdy/server/http/SSLExternalServerTest.java
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.util.Fields;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.ssl.SslContextFactory;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Assume;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+@Ignore("Reliance on external server fails test")
 public class SSLExternalServerTest extends AbstractHTTPSPDYTest
 {
     public SSLExternalServerTest(short version)