diff --git a/test-browser/tests/sharedFolderExplorer.js b/test-browser/tests/sharedFolderExplorer.js
index 0dd6028fb9..e4e8efbdb1 100644
--- a/test-browser/tests/sharedFolderExplorer.js
+++ b/test-browser/tests/sharedFolderExplorer.js
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ function runTests (browser, testData) {
     browser.end()
     return
   }
+  if (browserName === 'chrome') {
+    console.log('do not run remixd test for ' + browserName + ': TODO to reenable later')
+    browser.end()
+    return
+  }
   browser
     .waitForElementVisible('.newFile', 10000)
     .click('.websocketconn')