diff --git a/tests/auto/network/kernel/qhostinfo/BLACKLIST b/tests/auto/network/kernel/qhostinfo/BLACKLIST
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ea4b64d7c236aa7f06a07f651c5ec00f24dc6b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/network/kernel/qhostinfo/BLACKLIST
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# QTBUG-23837
+[abortHostLookupInDifferentThread]
+opensuse-13.1 64bit
diff --git a/tests/auto/network/kernel/qhostinfo/qhostinfo.pro b/tests/auto/network/kernel/qhostinfo/qhostinfo.pro
index a95a6bc2d64524e7a8860d300e570ec5072b3833..4fca7950dd3509bf167daa03e90b060eb85d1067 100644
--- a/tests/auto/network/kernel/qhostinfo/qhostinfo.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/network/kernel/qhostinfo/qhostinfo.pro
@@ -14,5 +14,3 @@ wince*: {
 
 # needed for getaddrinfo with official MinGW
 mingw:DEFINES += _WIN32_WINNT=0x0501
-
-linux-*:CONFIG+=insignificant_test    # QTBUG-23837 - test is unstable