diff --git a/indra/test/llhttpclient_tut.cpp b/indra/test/llhttpclient_tut.cpp
index c541997e89eb9f5a68fde69ebf7702ca23705f61..2b1496e9121236b5e6177c294bf3f15b875e8b7a 100644
--- a/indra/test/llhttpclient_tut.cpp
+++ b/indra/test/llhttpclient_tut.cpp
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ namespace tut
 	template<> template<>
 	void HTTPClientTestObject::test<2>()
 	{
+		skip("error test depends on dev's local ISP not supplying \"helpful\" search page");
 		LLHTTPClient::get("http://www.invalid", newResult());
 		runThePump();
 		ensureStatusError();