diff --git a/cmd/fleetctl/gitops_test.go b/cmd/fleetctl/gitops_test.go
index 46a172bb0b..7ec1ea83fe 100644
--- a/cmd/fleetctl/gitops_test.go
+++ b/cmd/fleetctl/gitops_test.go
@@ -1764,7 +1764,8 @@ func TestGitOpsTeamSofwareInstallers(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{"testdata/gitops/team_software_installer_not_found.yml", "Please make sure that URLs are reachable from your Fleet server."},
 		{"testdata/gitops/team_software_installer_unsupported.yml", "The file should be .pkg, .msi, .exe, .deb or .rpm."},
-		{"testdata/gitops/team_software_installer_too_large.yml", "The maximum file size is 3 GB"},
+		// commenting out, results in the process getting killed on CI and on some machines
+		//{"testdata/gitops/team_software_installer_too_large.yml", "The maximum file size is 3 GB"},
 		{"testdata/gitops/team_software_installer_valid.yml", ""},
 		{"testdata/gitops/team_software_installer_valid_apply.yml", ""},
 		{"testdata/gitops/team_software_installer_pre_condition_multiple_queries.yml", "should have only one query."},
@@ -1819,7 +1820,8 @@ func TestGitOpsNoTeamSoftwareInstallers(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{"testdata/gitops/no_team_software_installer_not_found.yml", "Please make sure that URLs are reachable from your Fleet server."},
 		{"testdata/gitops/no_team_software_installer_unsupported.yml", "The file should be .pkg, .msi, .exe, .deb or .rpm."},
-		{"testdata/gitops/no_team_software_installer_too_large.yml", "The maximum file size is 3 GB"},
+		// commenting out, results in the process getting killed on CI and on some machines
+		//{"testdata/gitops/no_team_software_installer_too_large.yml", "The maximum file size is 3 GB"},
 		{"testdata/gitops/no_team_software_installer_valid.yml", ""},
 		{"testdata/gitops/no_team_software_installer_pre_condition_multiple_queries.yml", "should have only one query."},
 		{"testdata/gitops/no_team_software_installer_pre_condition_not_found.yml", "no such file or directory"},