diff --git a/src/test/java/com/yahoo/sketches/theta/TestPerformanceTheta.java b/src/test/java/com/yahoo/sketches/theta/TestPerformanceTheta.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/yahoo/sketches/theta/TestPerformanceTheta.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/yahoo/sketches/theta/TestPerformanceTheta.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.yahoo.memory.WritableMemory;
 import com.yahoo.sketches.Family;
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ public class TestPerformanceTheta {
   private UpdateSketch gadget_;
   public final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestPerformanceTheta.class);
 
-  @Test //enable to allow running from TestNG manually
+  //@Test //enable to allow running from TestNG manually
   public static void startTest() throws Exception {
     TestPerformanceTheta.main(new String[] {"CONCURRENT", "QUICKSELECT", "4", "4", "30", "true"});
   }
Disable TestPeformanceTheta ... not suitable for Unit Tests.