diff --git a/usr.bin/xargs/tests/regress.sh b/usr.bin/xargs/tests/regress.sh
index f0f0bd4a3ed..f3f670fb0fd 100644
--- a/usr.bin/xargs/tests/regress.sh
+++ b/usr.bin/xargs/tests/regress.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
-echo 1..22
+echo 1..21
 
 REGRESSION_START($1)
 
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ REGRESSION_TEST(`R', `xargs -I% -R1 echo The % % % %% % % <${SRCDIR}/regress.in'
 REGRESSION_TEST(`R-1', `xargs -I% -R-1 echo The % % % %% % % <${SRCDIR}/regress.in')
 REGRESSION_TEST(`n1', `xargs -n1 echo <${SRCDIR}/regress.in')
 REGRESSION_TEST(`n2', `xargs -n2 echo <${SRCDIR}/regress.in')
-REGRESSION_TEST(`n2147483647', `xargs -n2147483647 <${SRCDIR}/regress.in')
+# This test may consume a large amount of memory, making it unsuited to CI
+# environments.  Disable it for now.
+#REGRESSION_TEST(`n2147483647', `xargs -n2147483647 <${SRCDIR}/regress.in')
 REGRESSION_TEST(`n2P0',`xargs -n2 -P0 echo <${SRCDIR}/regress.in | sort')
 REGRESSION_TEST(`n3', `xargs -n3 echo <${SRCDIR}/regress.in')
 REGRESSION_TEST(`0', `xargs -0 -n1 echo <${SRCDIR}/regress.0.in')