diff --git a/absl/log/flags_test.cc b/absl/log/flags_test.cc
index 7a803152..a0f6d763 100644
--- a/absl/log/flags_test.cc
+++ b/absl/log/flags_test.cc
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ class LogFlagsTest : public ::testing::Test {
   absl::FlagSaver flag_saver_;
 };
 
-TEST_F(LogFlagsTest, StderrKnobsDefault) {
+// This test is disabled because it adds order dependency to the test suite.
+// This order dependency is currently not fixable due to the way the
+// stderrthreshold global value is out of sync with the stderrthreshold flag.
+TEST_F(LogFlagsTest, DISABLED_StderrKnobsDefault) {
   EXPECT_EQ(absl::StderrThreshold(), DefaultStderrThreshold());
 }