diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
index 13e2dd5b784205..15f73de9f029f8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ def test_custom_headers(self):
             opener.open(request)
             self.assertEqual(request.get_header('User-agent'),'Test-Agent')
 
+    @unittest.skip('XXX: http://www.imdb.com is gone')
     def test_sites_no_connection_close(self):
         # Some sites do not send Connection: close header.
         # Verify that those work properly. (#issue12576)