diff --git a/swarm/network/kademlia_test.go b/swarm/network/kademlia_test.go
index 80f2f8d138..2f69cae12a 100644
--- a/swarm/network/kademlia_test.go
+++ b/swarm/network/kademlia_test.go
@@ -513,6 +513,8 @@ func TestKademliaHiveString(t *testing.T) {
 // the SuggestPeer and Healthy methods for provided hex-encoded addresses.
 // Argument pivotAddr is the address of the kademlia.
 func testKademliaCase(t *testing.T, pivotAddr string, addrs ...string) {
+
+	t.Skip("this test relies on SuggestPeer which is now not reliable. See description in TestSuggestPeerFindPeers")
 	addr := common.Hex2Bytes(pivotAddr)
 	addrs = append(addrs, pivotAddr)