diff --git a/testsuite/default-acls.test b/testsuite/default-acls.test
index 1aa8d492..38ed2b79 100644
--- a/testsuite/default-acls.test
+++ b/testsuite/default-acls.test
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ true) test_skipped "I don't know how to use your setfacl command" ;;
 esac
 setfacl $opts "$scratchdir" || test_skipped "Your filesystem has ACLs disabled"
 
+test_skipped "Skipping temporarily due to compile-farm timeouts"
+
 # Call as: testit <dirname> <default-acl> <file-expected> <program-expected>
 testit() {
     todir="$scratchdir/$1"