diff --git a/gtsam/nonlinear/tests/testSerializationNonlinear.cpp b/gtsam/nonlinear/tests/testSerializationNonlinear.cpp
index 860cd225b..f402656c1 100644
--- a/gtsam/nonlinear/tests/testSerializationNonlinear.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/nonlinear/tests/testSerializationNonlinear.cpp
@@ -109,10 +109,13 @@ TEST (Serialization, TemplatedValues) {
 
 /**
  * Test deserializing from a known serialization generated by code from commit
- * 3ba65669113f41d0e56a03b4b314047776bab5c4 (>4.2a4)
+ * 0af17f438f62f4788f3a572ecd36d06d224fd1e1 (>4.2a7)
  * We only test that deserialization matches since
  *  (1) that's the main backward compatibility requirement and
  *  (2) serialized string depends on boost version
+ * Also note: we don't run this test when quaternions or TBB are enabled since
+ * serialization structures are different and the serialized strings/xml are
+ * hard-coded in this test.
  */
 TEST(Serialization, NoiseModelFactor1_backwards_compatibility) {
   PriorFactor<Pose3> factor(
@@ -124,6 +127,7 @@ TEST(Serialization, NoiseModelFactor1_backwards_compatibility) {
   roundtrip(factor, factor_deserialized_str_2);
   EXPECT(assert_equal(factor, factor_deserialized_str_2));
 
+#if !defined(GTSAM_USE_QUATERNIONS) && !defined(GTSAM_USE_TBB)
   // Deserialize string
   std::string serialized_str =
       "22 serialization::archive 15 1 0\n"
@@ -153,6 +157,7 @@ TEST(Serialization, NoiseModelFactor1_backwards_compatibility) {
                          "/../../gtsam/nonlinear/tests/priorFactor.xml",
                          factor_deserialized_xml);
   EXPECT(assert_equal(factor, factor_deserialized_xml));
+#endif
 }
 
 TEST(Serialization, ISAM2) {