diff --git a/test/registered/distributed/test_disaggregation_decode_radix_cache.py b/test/registered/distributed/test_disaggregation_decode_radix_cache.py
index 3296f847f..f1ecc9080 100644
--- a/test/registered/distributed/test_disaggregation_decode_radix_cache.py
+++ b/test/registered/distributed/test_disaggregation_decode_radix_cache.py
@@ -120,10 +120,7 @@ class DisaggregationDecodeRadixCacheTestMixin:
         )
 
 
-@unittest.skipUnless(
-    is_in_ci() or _has_nixl(),
-    "NIXL is required for decode radix cache disaggregation coverage.",
-)
+@unittest.skip("Temporarily disabled until nixl backend is stable.")
 class TestDisaggregationDecodeRadixCacheNixl(
     DisaggregationDecodeRadixCacheTestMixin, PDDisaggregationServerBase
 ):