diff --git a/tests/lib/libc/Makefile b/tests/lib/libc/Makefile
index 40783e8415ea..a35f4a4ed784 100644
--- a/tests/lib/libc/Makefile
+++ b/tests/lib/libc/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.7 2010/11/03 16:10:21 christos Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.8 2010/11/03 20:20:12 christos Exp $
 
 .include <bsd.own.mk>
 
 TESTS_SUBDIRS+=	gen hash stdlib stdio
 
 # Disabled for now, only test in there is very expensive
-SUBDIR+=	 string
+#SUBDIR+=	 string
 
 TESTSDIR=	${TESTSBASE}/lib/libc