diff --git a/src/net/http/fs_test.go b/src/net/http/fs_test.go
index 83f81e3efb..17a0e4a9af 100644
--- a/src/net/http/fs_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/fs_test.go
@@ -1091,9 +1091,7 @@ func TestLinuxSendfile(t *testing.T) {
 		// and will error out if we specify that with `-e trace='.
 		syscalls = "sendfile"
 	case "mips64":
-		// TODO: minimize this set once golang.org/issue/18008
-		// is understood.
-		syscalls = "network,file"
+		t.Skip("TODO: update this test to be robust against various versions of strace on mips64. See golang.org/issue/33430")
 	}
 
 	var buf bytes.Buffer