diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-client/src/test/bb_prover_full_rollup.test.ts b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/test/bb_prover_full_rollup.test.ts
index 8d079635e28..ee3dc99956d 100644
--- a/yarn-project/prover-client/src/test/bb_prover_full_rollup.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/test/bb_prover_full_rollup.test.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('prover/bb_prover/full-rollup', () => {
   it.each([
     [1, 1, 0, 2], // Epoch with a single block, requires one padding block proof
     [2, 2, 0, 2], // Full epoch with two blocks
-    [2, 3, 0, 2], // Epoch with two blocks but the block merge tree was assembled as with 3 leaves, requires one padding block proof
+    // [2, 3, 0, 2], // Epoch with two blocks but the block merge tree was assembled as with 3 leaves, requires one padding block proof; commented out to reduce running time
   ])(
     'proves a private-only epoch with %i/%i blocks with %i/%i non-empty txs each',
     async (blockCount, totalBlocks, nonEmptyTxs, totalTxs) => {