diff --git a/utils/nightly/gmsh_win32.ctest b/utils/nightly/gmsh_win32.ctest
index aa78c818b0ba7cd765189b045b79d3b44626b161..fd09bd315ea549bc9a9d4799ec6db2ddb81b969e 100644
--- a/utils/nightly/gmsh_win32.ctest
+++ b/utils/nightly/gmsh_win32.ctest
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set(CTEST_CMAKE_GENERATOR "Unix Makefiles")
 
 set(WEB_BIN "geuzaine@onelab.info:/home/www/gmsh.info/bin/Windows")
 
-set(WITH_TEST TRUE)      # run the tests?
+set(WITH_TEST FALSE)     # run the tests? - disable this for now: slow on virtual machine
 set(WITH_COVERAGE FALSE) # check code coverage?
 set(WITH_MEMCHECK FALSE) # check memory with valgrind?