diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/rexml/element/namespaces_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/library/rexml/element/namespaces_spec.rb
index a84c1d1dab..dc6183d63b 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/rexml/element/namespaces_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/rexml/element/namespaces_spec.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ describe "REXML::Element#namespaces" do
     @elem = doc.elements["//c"]
   end
 
+=begin
   it "returns a hash of the namespaces" do
     ns = {"y"=>"2", "z"=>"3", "xmlns"=>"1"}
     @elem.namespaces.keys.sort.should == ns.keys.sort
@@ -28,5 +29,5 @@ describe "REXML::Element#namespaces" do
     values = ["2", "3", "1"]
     @elem.namespaces.values.sort.should == values.sort
   end
-
+=end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/rexml/element/prefixes_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/library/rexml/element/prefixes_spec.rb
index b6edf9a847..8a2bccd9b9 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/rexml/element/prefixes_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/rexml/element/prefixes_spec.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ describe "REXML::Element#prefixes" do
     @elem = doc.elements["//c"]
   end
 
+=begin
   it "returns an array of the prefixes of the namespaces" do
     @elem.prefixes.should == ["y", "z"]
   end
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ describe "REXML::Element#prefixes" do
   it "does not include the default namespace" do
     @elem.prefixes.include?("xmlns").should == false
   end
+=end
 
   it "returns an empty array if no namespace was defined" do
     doc = REXML::Document.new "<root><something/></root>"