diff --git a/tag_tracer_test.go b/tag_tracer_test.go
index eef8125fac9146e71f41c9a0f4a54d784cd334ac..0c00344a4caaf07c6e1e079cfd8ebd91d8cede42 100644
--- a/tag_tracer_test.go
+++ b/tag_tracer_test.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ func TestTagTracerDirectPeerTags(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestTagTracerDeliveryTags(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("flaky test temporarily disabled; TODO: fixme")
 	// test decaying delivery tags
 
 	// use fake time to test the tag decay