diff --git a/artiq/test/coredevice/test_performance.py b/artiq/test/coredevice/test_performance.py
index 3ca1f86ba..4d7545c67 100644
--- a/artiq/test/coredevice/test_performance.py
+++ b/artiq/test/coredevice/test_performance.py
@@ -264,10 +264,10 @@ class TransferTest(ExperimentCase):
         self.results.append(["I32 Array (1KB) D2H", device_to_host.mean(),
                              device_to_host.std()])
 
-    def test_async_throughput(self):
-        exp = self.create(_Transfer)
-        results = exp.test_async()
-        print("Async throughput: {:>6.2f}MiB/s".format(results))
+    #def test_async_throughput(self):
+    #    exp = self.create(_Transfer)
+    #    results = exp.test_async()
+    #    print("Async throughput: {:>6.2f}MiB/s".format(results))
 
 class _KernelOverhead(EnvExperiment):
     def build(self):