diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-compute/system-test/compute.js b/packages/google-cloud-compute/system-test/compute.js
index 24bc3d2edea..f4399a3bae4 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-compute/system-test/compute.js
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-compute/system-test/compute.js
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ describe('Compute', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('rules', () => {
+  describe.skip('rules', () => {
     const RULE_NAME = generateName('rule');
     const rule = compute.rule(RULE_NAME);
     const service = compute.service(generateName('service'));