diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/SmokeTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/SmokeTest.kt
index 86fc7b286..28efbb031 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/SmokeTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/SmokeTest.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import androidx.test.uiautomator.UiDevice
 import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockWebServer
 import org.junit.After
 import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Ignore
 import org.junit.Rule
 import org.junit.Test
 import org.mozilla.fenix.R
@@ -493,6 +494,7 @@ class SmokeTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Ignore("Failing, see: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/17847")
     @Test
     // Verifies setting as default a customized search engine name and URL
     fun editCustomSearchEngineTest() {