diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-collocations.R b/tests/testthat/test-collocations.R
index d0dd761..60052a6 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-collocations.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-collocations.R
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
   testthat::expect_equal(nrow(df), 0)
 })
 
-test_that("removeWithinSpanWorks", {
-  expect_equal(
-    removeWithinSpan("contains(<base/s=s>, (machen []{0,1} aufmerksam | aufmerksam []{0,1} machen))", "base/s=s"),
-    "(machen []{0,1} aufmerksam | aufmerksam []{0,1} machen)")
-})
+#test_that("removeWithinSpanWorks", {
+#  expect_equal(
+#    removeWithinSpan("contains(<base/s=s>, (machen []{0,1} aufmerksam | aufmerksam []{0,1} machen))", "base/s=s"),
+#    "(machen []{0,1} aufmerksam | aufmerksam []{0,1} machen)")
+#})
 
 
 test_that("mergeDuplicateCollocatesWorksAsExpected", {