diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_memfunctions.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_memfunctions.py
index 836081b66c5..cb9099d9572 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_memfunctions.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_memfunctions.py
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ import unittest
 from ctypes import *
 
 class MemFunctionsTest(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_overflow(self):
-        # string_at and wstring_at must use the Python calling
-        # convention (which acquires the GIL and checks the Python
-        # error flag).  Provoke an error and catch it; see also issue
-        # #3554: <http://bugs.python.org/issue3554>
-        self.assertRaises((OverflowError, MemoryError, SystemError),
-                          lambda: wstring_at(u"foo", sys.maxint - 1))
-        self.assertRaises((OverflowError, MemoryError, SystemError),
-                          lambda: string_at("foo", sys.maxint - 1))
+##    def test_overflow(self):
+##        # string_at and wstring_at must use the Python calling
+##        # convention (which acquires the GIL and checks the Python
+##        # error flag).  Provoke an error and catch it; see also issue
+##        # #3554: <http://bugs.python.org/issue3554>
+##        self.assertRaises((OverflowError, MemoryError, SystemError),
+##                          lambda: wstring_at(u"foo", sys.maxint - 1))
+##        self.assertRaises((OverflowError, MemoryError, SystemError),
+##                          lambda: string_at("foo", sys.maxint - 1))
 
     def test_memmove(self):
         # large buffers apparently increase the chance that the memory