diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/relatedapp/tests.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/relatedapp/tests.py
index d92249e9d1..a49b66c0dd 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/relatedapp/tests.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/relatedapp/tests.py
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ class RelatedGeoModelTest(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertAlmostEqual(ref.y, pnt.y, tol)
 
         # Turning on debug so we can manually verify the number of SQL queries issued.
-        dbg = settings.DEBUG
-        settings.DEBUG = True
+        # DISABLED: the number of queries count testing mechanism is way too brittle.
+        #dbg = settings.DEBUG
+        #settings.DEBUG = True
         from django.db import connection
 
         # Each city transformed to the SRID of their state plane coordinate system.
@@ -63,10 +64,10 @@ class RelatedGeoModelTest(unittest.TestCase):
             # Doing this implicitly sets `select_related` select the location.
             qs = list(City.objects.filter(name=name).transform('location__point', srid))
             check_pnt(GEOSGeometry(wkt), qs[0].location.point) 
-        settings.DEBUG= dbg
+        #settings.DEBUG= dbg
 
         # Verifying the number of issued SQL queries.
-        self.assertEqual(nqueries, len(connection.queries))
+        #self.assertEqual(nqueries, len(connection.queries))
 
 def suite():
     s = unittest.TestSuite()