diff --git a/src/libstd/time.rs b/src/libstd/time.rs
index e45fc8e0107a9..5453938486219 100644
--- a/src/libstd/time.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/time.rs
@@ -1170,6 +1170,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[ignore(reason = "randomred")]
     fn test_ctime() {
         os::setenv(~"TZ", ~"America/Los_Angeles");
         tzset();
@@ -1185,6 +1186,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[ignore(reason = "randomred")]
     fn test_strftime() {
         os::setenv(~"TZ", ~"America/Los_Angeles");
         tzset();