diff --git a/tests/test-audit-path.t b/tests/test-audit-path.t
--- a/tests/test-audit-path.t
+++ b/tests/test-audit-path.t
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+The simple store doesn't escape paths robustly and can't store paths
+with periods, etc. So much of this test fails with it.
+#require no-reposimplestore
+
   $ hg init
 
 audit of .hg