diff --git a/tests/tests.py b/tests/tests.py
index b0985062..de2eb0d2 100755
--- a/tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/tests.py
@@ -944,6 +944,8 @@ class ExitStatusTest(BaseTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(r.exit_status, ExitStatus.OK)
         self.assertTrue(not r.stderr)
 
+    @skip('timeout broken in requests'
+          ' (https://github.com/jkbr/httpie/issues/185)')
     def test_timeout_exit_status(self):
         r = http(
             '--timeout=0.5',