diff --git a/spring-data-geode-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/tests/mock/GemFireMockObjectsSupport.java b/spring-data-geode-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/tests/mock/GemFireMockObjectsSupport.java
index d7a7499..66ba47e 100644
--- a/spring-data-geode-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/tests/mock/GemFireMockObjectsSupport.java
+++ b/spring-data-geode-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/tests/mock/GemFireMockObjectsSupport.java
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ public abstract class GemFireMockObjectsSupport extends MockObjectsSupport {
 			when(mockPool.getSubscriptionRedundancy()).thenReturn(subscriptionRedundancy.get());
 			when(mockPool.getThreadLocalConnections()).thenReturn(threadLocalConnections.get());
 
-			register(mockPool);
+			//register(mockPool);
 
 			return mockPool;
 		});
diff --git a/spring-data-geode-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/MockClientCacheDefaultPoolRegisteredWithPoolManagerUnitTests.java b/spring-data-geode-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/MockClientCacheDefaultPoolRegisteredWithPoolManagerUnitTests.java
index ebf9375..7c13cbe 100644
--- a/spring-data-geode-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/MockClientCacheDefaultPoolRegisteredWithPoolManagerUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-geode-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/MockClientCacheDefaultPoolRegisteredWithPoolManagerUnitTests.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ public class MockClientCacheDefaultPoolRegisteredWithPoolManagerUnitTests {
 
 	@Test
 	@DirtiesContext
+	@Ignore("Apache Geode/Pivotal GemFire does not support Mock Pools")
 	public void defaultPoolRegisteredWithPoolManager() {
 
 		Pool geodeDefaultPool = PoolManager.find("DEFAULT");