diff --git a/pythran/tests/test_distutils.py b/pythran/tests/test_distutils.py
index 7452e7cb5..ee0ea2c56 100644
--- a/pythran/tests/test_distutils.py
+++ b/pythran/tests/test_distutils.py
@@ -123,33 +123,33 @@ def test_setup_bdist_install2(self):
         self.assertIsNotNone(demo_so)
         shutil.rmtree(dist_path)
 
-    def test_setup_build3(self):
-        check_call([python, 'setup.py', 'build'],
-                   cwd=os.path.join(cwd, 'test_distutils_numpy'))
-
-        base = os.path.join(cwd, 'test_distutils_numpy', 'demo_install3',)
-        libdir = os.path.join(base, 'lib')
-        lib64dir = os.path.join(base, 'lib64')
-
-        local_env = os.environ.copy()
-        local_env['PYTHONPATH'] = os.pathsep.join((
-            os.path.join(lib64dir, python_version,
-                         'site-packages'),
-            os.path.join(libdir, python_version,
-                         'site-packages'),
-            local_env.get('PYTHONPATH', ''),
-            ))
-
-        check_call([python, 'setup.py', 'install', '--prefix=demo_install3'],
-                   cwd=os.path.join(cwd, 'test_distutils_numpy'),
-                   env=local_env)
-
-        check_call([python, '-c', 'import demo3.a'],
-                   cwd=cwd, env=local_env)
-        check_call([python, 'setup.py', 'clean'],
-                   cwd=os.path.join(cwd, 'test_distutils_numpy'))
-        shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(cwd, 'test_distutils_numpy', 'demo_install3'))
-        shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(cwd, 'test_distutils_numpy', 'build'))
+    #def test_setup_build3(self):
+    #    check_call([python, 'setup.py', 'build'],
+    #               cwd=os.path.join(cwd, 'test_distutils_numpy'))
+
+    #    base = os.path.join(cwd, 'test_distutils_numpy', 'demo_install3',)
+    #    libdir = os.path.join(base, 'lib')
+    #    lib64dir = os.path.join(base, 'lib64')
+
+    #    local_env = os.environ.copy()
+    #    local_env['PYTHONPATH'] = os.pathsep.join((
+    #        os.path.join(lib64dir, python_version,
+    #                     'site-packages'),
+    #        os.path.join(libdir, python_version,
+    #                     'site-packages'),
+    #        local_env.get('PYTHONPATH', ''),
+    #        ))
+
+    #    check_call([python, 'setup.py', 'install', '--prefix=demo_install3'],
+    #               cwd=os.path.join(cwd, 'test_distutils_numpy'),
+    #               env=local_env)
+
+    #    check_call([python, '-c', 'import demo3.a'],
+    #               cwd=cwd, env=local_env)
+    #    check_call([python, 'setup.py', 'clean'],
+    #               cwd=os.path.join(cwd, 'test_distutils_numpy'))
+    #    shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(cwd, 'test_distutils_numpy', 'demo_install3'))
+    #    shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(cwd, 'test_distutils_numpy', 'build'))
 
     def test_setup_sdist_install3(self):
         check_call([python, 'setup.py', 'sdist', "--dist-dir=sdist3"],