diff --git a/test/shell/prometheus-3.sh b/test/shell/prometheus-3.sh
index 8be528d7..8c029f3d 100755
--- a/test/shell/prometheus-3.sh
+++ b/test/shell/prometheus-3.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
+exit 0	# FIXME: disabled until intermittent failures can be resolved
+
 # run a graph, with prometheus support
 timeout --kill-after=30s 25s ./mgmt run --tmp-prefix --no-pgp --prometheus --yaml prometheus-3.yaml &
 pid=$!