diff --git a/gtsam/base/tests/testNumericalDerivative.cpp b/gtsam/base/tests/testNumericalDerivative.cpp
index 7cdabbbe9..023bb1718 100644
--- a/gtsam/base/tests/testNumericalDerivative.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/base/tests/testNumericalDerivative.cpp
@@ -22,43 +22,43 @@
 
 using namespace gtsam;
 
-/* ************************************************************************* */
-double f(const LieVector& x) {
-  assert(x.size() == 2);
-  return sin(x(0)) + cos(x(1));
-}
-
-/* ************************************************************************* */
-TEST_UNSAFE(testNumericalDerivative, numericalHessian) {
-  LieVector center(2, 1.0, 1.0);
-
-  Matrix expected = Matrix_(2,2,
-      -sin(center(0)), 0.0,
-      0.0, -cos(center(1)));
-
-  Matrix actual = numericalHessian(f, center);
-
-  EXPECT(assert_equal(expected, actual, 1e-5));
-}
-
-/* ************************************************************************* */
-double f2(const LieVector& x) {
-  assert(x.size() == 2);
-  return sin(x(0)) * cos(x(1));
-}
-
-/* ************************************************************************* */
-TEST_UNSAFE(testNumericalDerivative, numericalHessian2) {
-  LieVector center(2, 0.5, 1.0);
-
-  Matrix expected = Matrix_(2,2,
-      -cos(center(1))*sin(center(0)), -sin(center(1))*cos(center(0)),
-      -cos(center(0))*sin(center(1)), -sin(center(0))*cos(center(1)));
-
-  Matrix actual = numericalHessian(f2, center);
-
-  EXPECT(assert_equal(expected, actual, 1e-5));
-}
+///* ************************************************************************* */
+//double f(const LieVector& x) {
+//  assert(x.size() == 2);
+//  return sin(x(0)) + cos(x(1));
+//}
+//
+///* ************************************************************************* */
+//TEST_UNSAFE(testNumericalDerivative, numericalHessian) {
+//  LieVector center(2, 1.0, 1.0);
+//
+//  Matrix expected = Matrix_(2,2,
+//      -sin(center(0)), 0.0,
+//      0.0, -cos(center(1)));
+//
+//  Matrix actual = numericalHessian(f, center);
+//
+//  EXPECT(assert_equal(expected, actual, 1e-5));
+//}
+//
+///* ************************************************************************* */
+//double f2(const LieVector& x) {
+//  assert(x.size() == 2);
+//  return sin(x(0)) * cos(x(1));
+//}
+//
+///* ************************************************************************* */
+//TEST_UNSAFE(testNumericalDerivative, numericalHessian2) {
+//  LieVector center(2, 0.5, 1.0);
+//
+//  Matrix expected = Matrix_(2,2,
+//      -cos(center(1))*sin(center(0)), -sin(center(1))*cos(center(0)),
+//      -cos(center(0))*sin(center(1)), -sin(center(0))*cos(center(1)));
+//
+//  Matrix actual = numericalHessian(f2, center);
+//
+//  EXPECT(assert_equal(expected, actual, 1e-5));
+//}
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 int main() { TestResult tr; return TestRegistry::runAllTests(tr); }