diff --git a/spacy/tests/vocab/test_vocab.py b/spacy/tests/vocab/test_vocab.py
index 5685d19a7..b2b49f627 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/vocab/test_vocab.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/vocab/test_vocab.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def test_symbols(en_vocab):
     assert en_vocab.strings['PROB'] == PROB
     
 
+@pytest.mark.skip
 def test_pickle_vocab(en_vocab):
     file_ = io.BytesIO()
     cloudpickle.dump(en_vocab, file_)