diff --git a/numpy/lib/tests/test_histograms.py b/numpy/lib/tests/test_histograms.py
index 330229c528a0..89758706d78f 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/tests/test_histograms.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/tests/test_histograms.py
@@ -395,8 +395,9 @@ def test_histogram_bin_edges(self):
         edges = histogram_bin_edges(arr, bins='auto', range=(0, 1))
         assert_array_equal(edges, e)
 
-    @requires_memory(free_bytes=1e10)
-    @pytest.mark.slow
+    # @requires_memory(free_bytes=1e10)
+    # @pytest.mark.slow
+    @pytest.mark.skip(reason="Bad memory reports lead to OOM in ci testing")
     def test_big_arrays(self):
         sample = np.zeros([100000000, 3])
         xbins = 400