diff --git a/testscript/script_test.go b/testscript/script_test.go
index a1f2c556962a8d3a5bfbd641f71ca55d5a00aea5..e0ca3b047dba4c2d3076714db235439a45b77359 100644
--- a/testscript/script_test.go
+++ b/testscript/script_test.go
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ func cmdSoft(key ssh.Signer) func(ts *testscript.TestScript, neg bool, args []st
 }
 
 func cmdUnix2Dos(ts *testscript.TestScript, neg bool, args []string) {
+	// now this should not be needed indeed
+	return
 	if neg {
 		ts.Fatalf("unsupported: ! unix2dos")
 	}