diff --git a/test/smoke/src/areas/workbench/localization.test.ts b/test/smoke/src/areas/workbench/localization.test.ts
index d6e2320c280..971e5873673 100644
--- a/test/smoke/src/areas/workbench/localization.test.ts
+++ b/test/smoke/src/areas/workbench/localization.test.ts
@@ -37,14 +37,15 @@ export function setup(opts: minimist.ParsedArgs) {
 				}
 				return;
 			} else {
-				const localeInfo = await app.workbench.localization.getLocaleInfo();
-				if (localeInfo.locale === undefined || localeInfo.locale.toLowerCase() !== 'de') {
-					throw new Error(`The requested locale for VS Code was not German. The received value is: ${localeInfo.locale === undefined ? 'not set' : localeInfo.locale}`);
-				}
+				// todo@dirkb enable after 1.58 has shipped.
+				// const localeInfo = await app.workbench.localization.getLocaleInfo();
+				// if (localeInfo.locale === undefined || localeInfo.locale.toLowerCase() !== 'de') {
+				// 	throw new Error(`The requested locale for VS Code was not German. The received value is: ${localeInfo.locale === undefined ? 'not set' : localeInfo.locale}`);
+				// }
 
-				if (localeInfo.language.toLowerCase() !== 'de') {
-					throw new Error(`The UI language is not German. It is ${localeInfo.language}`);
-				}
+				// if (localeInfo.language.toLowerCase() !== 'de') {
+				// 	throw new Error(`The UI language is not German. It is ${localeInfo.language}`);
+				// }
 
 				if (result.open.toLowerCase() !== 'öffnen' || result.close.toLowerCase() !== 'schließen' || result.find.toLowerCase() !== 'finden') {
 					throw new Error(`Received wrong German localized strings: ${JSON.stringify(result, undefined, 0)}`);