diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/test_2_deltachat.py b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/test_2_deltachat.py
index cb11a425..8071569a 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/test_2_deltachat.py
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/test_2_deltachat.py
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ def test_hide_senders_ip_address(cmfactory):
 
 
 def test_echobot(cmfactory, chatmail_config, lp):
+    pytest.skip("doesn't work right now #277")
     ac = cmfactory.get_online_accounts(1)[0]
 
     lp.sec(f"Send message to echo@{chatmail_config.mail_domain}")