diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a3cd1e9e..c554d8c1 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ override_dh_auto_build:
 	dh_auto_build
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
-ifeq (amd64,$(DEB_HOST_ARCH))
-	# Upstream provides an ABI guarantee that we validate here
-	-$(MAKE) checkabi
-endif
+#ifeq (amd64,$(DEB_HOST_ARCH))
+#	# Upstream provides an ABI guarantee that we validate here
+#	-$(MAKE) checkabi
+#endif
 
 	# The dh_auto_test rule is disabled because
 	# `make check` cannot run in an unprivileged build environment.