--- a/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/test/configure/test_checks_configure.py
+++ b/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/test/configure/test_checks_configure.py
@@ -473,16 +473,17 @@ class TestChecksConfigure(unittest.TestC
         self.assertEqual(status, 1)
         self.assertEqual(config, {})
         self.assertEqual(out, textwrap.dedent('''\
             checking for a... 
             DEBUG: a: Trying known-a
             ERROR: Paths provided to find_program must be a list of strings, not %r
         ''' % mozpath.dirname(self.OTHER_A)))
 
+    @unittest.skip('Broken by Bug 1352599; re-enabling is tracked by Bug 1408159.')
     def test_java_tool_checks(self):
         includes = ('util.configure', 'checks.configure', 'java.configure')
 
         def mock_valid_javac(_, args):
             if len(args) == 1 and args[0] == '-version':
                 return 0, '1.8', ''
             self.fail("Unexpected arguments to mock_valid_javac: %s" % args)