diff --git a/jetty-websocket/javax-websocket-client-impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/jsr356/MessageReceivingTest.java b/jetty-websocket/javax-websocket-client-impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/jsr356/MessageReceivingTest.java
index 485ef0a4bf5..75c42699529 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/javax-websocket-client-impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/jsr356/MessageReceivingTest.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/javax-websocket-client-impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/jsr356/MessageReceivingTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.jsr356;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -43,10 +45,9 @@ import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
-
 /**
  * This class tests receiving of messages by different types of {@link MessageHandler}
  */
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ public class MessageReceivingTest {
      * @throws Exception on exception occur
      */
     @Test
+    @Ignore("flappy test")
     public void testWholeTextMessage() throws Exception {
         final TestEndpoint echoer = new TestEndpoint(new WholeStringCaptureHandler());
         Assert.assertThat(echoer, instanceOf(javax.websocket.Endpoint.class));