diff --git a/browser/components/tabview/test/Makefile.in b/browser/components/tabview/test/Makefile.in
index 614936794f56..c2c35edb6037 100644
--- a/browser/components/tabview/test/Makefile.in
+++ b/browser/components/tabview/test/Makefile.in
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ _BROWSER_FILES = \
                  browser_tabview_bug597248.js \
                  browser_tabview_bug597360.js \
                  browser_tabview_bug597399.js \
-                 browser_tabview_bug597980.js \
                  browser_tabview_bug598375.js \
                  browser_tabview_bug598600.js \
                  browser_tabview_bug599048.js \
@@ -194,5 +193,7 @@ _BROWSER_FILES = \
                  test_bug644097.html \
                  $(NULL)
 
+# browser_tabview_bug597980.js is disabled for leaking, see bug 711907
+
 libs::	$(_BROWSER_FILES)
 	$(INSTALL) $(foreach f,$^,"$f") $(DEPTH)/_tests/testing/mochitest/browser/$(relativesrcdir)