diff --git a/internal/p2p/peermanager_scoring_test.go b/internal/p2p/peermanager_scoring_test.go
index 1368bdf9c..b454da151 100644
--- a/internal/p2p/peermanager_scoring_test.go
+++ b/internal/p2p/peermanager_scoring_test.go
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ func makeMockPeerStore(t *testing.T, peers ...peerInfo) *peerStore {
 
 func TestPeerRanking(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("InactiveSecond", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Skip("inactive status is not currently factored into peer rank.")
+
 		store := makeMockPeerStore(t,
 			peerInfo{ID: "second", Inactive: true},
 			peerInfo{ID: "first", Inactive: false},