--- a/test/t/jemalloc.t
+++ b/test/t/jemalloc.t
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ libjemalloc=`
     done
     echo no
 `
+# temporarily disable
+# https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=918742
+libjemalloc=no
 test $libjemalloc = "no" && skip_all 'jemalloc library is missing (sudo apt-get install libjemalloc1)'
 
 prepare 1
