diff --git a/utest/quoted.test.cpp b/utest/quoted.test.cpp
index 12120e87..7c1a8e02 100644
--- a/utest/quoted.test.cpp
+++ b/utest/quoted.test.cpp
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ namespace ut {
             quoted_tcase("foo", false, "\"foo\""),
 
             quoted_tcase("foo\n", true, "\"foo\\n\""),
-#if __GNUC__ >= 13 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 2
+#if 0 && __GNUC__ >= 13 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 2
             /* writes "foo\n", but gets turned into newline somewhere.  only on very recent gcc. (not on 11.4.0) */
             quoted_tcase("foo\n", false, "\"foo\n\""),
 #else