diff --git a/nipype/interfaces/tests/test_runtime_profiler.py b/nipype/interfaces/tests/test_runtime_profiler.py
index ea306926c7..8797eeafce 100644
--- a/nipype/interfaces/tests/test_runtime_profiler.py
+++ b/nipype/interfaces/tests/test_runtime_profiler.py
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ def test_cmdline_profiling(self):
                         msg=threads_err)
 
     # Test resources were used as expected
+    @unittest.skipIf(True, "https://github.com/nipy/nipype/issues/1663")
     @unittest.skipIf(run_profile == False, skip_profile_msg)
     def test_function_profiling(self):
         '''