diff --git a/tests/util.sh b/tests/util.sh
index af4cdc70..8cc739d3 100644
--- a/tests/util.sh
+++ b/tests/util.sh
@@ -241,10 +241,10 @@ clear_bucket_s3api() {
     log 2 "error disabling object lock config"
     return 1
   fi
-  if ! put_bucket_versioning "s3api" "$1" "Suspended"; then
-    log 2 "error suspending bucket versioning"
-    return 1
-  fi
+  #if ! put_bucket_versioning "s3api" "$1" "Suspended"; then
+  #  log 2 "error suspending bucket versioning"
+  #  return 1
+  #fi
 
   #if ! change_bucket_owner "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" "$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" "$1" "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"; then
   #  log 2 "error changing bucket owner back to root"