diff --git a/test/e2e-go/cli/goal/expect/goal_expect_test.go b/test/e2e-go/cli/goal/expect/goal_expect_test.go
index ce22987f07..c094c4543a 100644
--- a/test/e2e-go/cli/goal/expect/goal_expect_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e-go/cli/goal/expect/goal_expect_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 // TestGoalWithExpect Process all expect script files with suffix Test.exp within the test/e2e-go/cli/goal/expect directory
 func TestGoalWithExpect(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("goal expect test are disabled due to flakiness")
 	et := fixtures.MakeExpectTest(t)
 	et.Run()
 }