diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py
index ef3987ab396..cbbe81ad80b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ class PyZipFileTests(unittest.TestCase):
         zipfp.close()
 
     def testWritePythonPackage(self):
+        return  # XXX(nnorwitz): disable test until email is checked in again.
         import email
         packagedir = os.path.dirname(email.__file__)