diff --git a/vim.spec b/vim.spec
index 97e7f4ad..46f69264 100644
--- a/vim.spec
+++ b/vim.spec
@@ -417,7 +417,9 @@ perl -pi -e "s,bin/nawk,bin/awk,g" runtime/tools/mve.awk
 %endif
 
 %if %{without flakytests}
-%patch -P 10001 -p1 -b .flakytests
+# there is upstream change in the test, stop removing the test for now
+# and see if the error reappears
+#%%patch -P 10001 -p1 -b .flakytests
 %endif