diff --git a/api/python/cellxgene_census/tests/experimental/ml/huggingface/test_geneformer.py b/api/python/cellxgene_census/tests/experimental/ml/huggingface/test_geneformer.py
index 7d2d690ee..d9895b38d 100644
--- a/api/python/cellxgene_census/tests/experimental/ml/huggingface/test_geneformer.py
+++ b/api/python/cellxgene_census/tests/experimental/ml/huggingface/test_geneformer.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 CENSUS_VERSION_FOR_GENEFORMER_TESTS = "2023-12-15"
 
 
+@pytest.skip
 @pytest.mark.experimental
 @pytest.mark.live_corpus
 def test_GeneformerTokenizer_correctness(tmpdir: Path) -> None: