diff --git a/dev-ruby/net-scp/net-scp-1.2.1.ebuild b/dev-ruby/net-scp/net-scp-1.2.1.ebuild
index d760f18f7ecb3..abb8bb7fa1f98 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/net-scp/net-scp-1.2.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/net-scp/net-scp-1.2.1.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # $Id$
 
 EAPI=5
+
+# ruby23: fails tests
 USE_RUBY="ruby20 ruby21 ruby22"
 
 RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRADOC="CHANGES.txt README.rdoc"