diff --git a/storage/integration_test.go b/storage/integration_test.go
index ef384296d0b5..7b6e5ae465a6 100644
--- a/storage/integration_test.go
+++ b/storage/integration_test.go
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ func TestIntegration_MetricsEnablement(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegration_MetricsEnablementInGCE(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("flaky test for rls metrics; other metrics are tested TestIntegration_MetricsEnablement")
 	ctx := skipHTTP("grpc only test")
 	mr := metric.NewManualReader()
 	multiTransportTest(ctx, t, func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, bucket string, prefix string, client *Client) {