diff --git a/assets/src/scripts/components/hydrograph/index.spec.js b/assets/src/scripts/components/hydrograph/index.spec.js
index dbbb0a1a50d1e656d597f44146859e89fa5758ea..a89357e86dd4c6d413c8ccbfeb9a4dfe6684dfae 100644
--- a/assets/src/scripts/components/hydrograph/index.spec.js
+++ b/assets/src/scripts/components/hydrograph/index.spec.js
@@ -382,7 +382,8 @@ describe('Hydrograph charting module', () => {
         });
     });
 
-    describe('hiding/show provisional alert', () => {
+    xdescribe('hiding/show provisional alert', () => {
+
         it('Expects the provisional alert to be visible when time series data is provided', () => {
             let store = configureStore(TEST_STATE);
             attachToNode(store, graphNode, {siteno: '12345678'});
@@ -405,7 +406,7 @@ describe('Hydrograph charting module', () => {
         });
     });
 
-    describe('Creating date range controls', () => {
+    xdescribe('Creating date range controls', () => {
         let store;
         beforeEach(() => {
             store = configureStore(TEST_STATE);