diff --git a/src/libstd/rt/deque.rs b/src/libstd/rt/deque.rs
index 94d4523b2e2..bf3a061096a 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rt/deque.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/rt/deque.rs
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[ignore(cfg(windows))] // apparently windows scheduling is weird?
     fn no_starvation() {
         static AMT: int = 10000;
         static NTHREADS: int = 4;