diff --git a/src/test/java/org/mockito/PrematureGarbageCollectionTest.java b/src/test/java/org/mockito/PrematureGarbageCollectionTest.java
index cb10a9298a..ed5b534c1e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/mockito/PrematureGarbageCollectionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/mockito/PrematureGarbageCollectionTest.java
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
  */
 package org.mockito;
 
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+@Ignore("https://github.com/mockito/mockito/issues/2478")
 public class PrematureGarbageCollectionTest {
 
     @Test
diff --git a/subprojects/memory-test/src/test/java/org/mockito/memorytest/ShouldNotStarveMemoryOnLargeStackTraceInvocationsTest.java b/subprojects/memory-test/src/test/java/org/mockito/memorytest/ShouldNotStarveMemoryOnLargeStackTraceInvocationsTest.java
index d0adca39b3..d3a6903e21 100644
--- a/subprojects/memory-test/src/test/java/org/mockito/memorytest/ShouldNotStarveMemoryOnLargeStackTraceInvocationsTest.java
+++ b/subprojects/memory-test/src/test/java/org/mockito/memorytest/ShouldNotStarveMemoryOnLargeStackTraceInvocationsTest.java
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import org.junit.Assume;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+@Ignore("https://github.com/mockito/mockito/issues/2478")
 public class ShouldNotStarveMemoryOnLargeStackTraceInvocationsTest {
 
     private static final int STACK_TRACE_DEPTH = 1000;