--- a/browser/components/newtab/tests/xpcshell/xpcshell.ini
+++ b/browser/components/newtab/tests/xpcshell/xpcshell.ini
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 head =
 tail =
 firefox-appdir = browser
 skip-if = toolkit == 'android' || toolkit == 'gonk'
 
 [test_AboutNewTabService.js]
 [test_NewTabPrefsProvider.js]
+skip-if = release_build
 [test_NewTabURL.js]
 [test_PlacesProvider.js]
 skip-if = release_build
 [test_RemoteNewTabLocation.js]
 skip-if = release_build
 [test_RemoteNewTabUtils.js]
 skip-if = release_build