diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0877d0893b82..ff4044f79593 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ jobs:
 
 
     - stage: testbench
+      # Disabled for as long as host-testbench.sh ignores failures, see
+      # https://github.com/thesofproject/sof/issues/2752
+      if: false
       before_install: *docker-pull-sof
       script:
         - ./scripts/docker-run.sh ./scripts/build-tools.sh -t &> /dev/null