diff --git a/lighthouse-cli/test/fixtures/dobetterweb/dbw_tester.html b/lighthouse-cli/test/fixtures/dobetterweb/dbw_tester.html
index be8a830c90d3..44a4960883b6 100644
--- a/lighthouse-cli/test/fixtures/dobetterweb/dbw_tester.html
+++ b/lighthouse-cli/test/fixtures/dobetterweb/dbw_tester.html
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ <h2>Do better web tester page</h2>
   notificationOnStartTest();
   linksBlockingFirstPaintTest();
   noRelOpenLinksTest();
-  oldCSSFlexboxTest();
+  // oldCSSFlexboxTest();
   deprecationsTest();
 } else {
   if (params.has('documentWrite')) {
@@ -342,9 +342,9 @@ <h2>Do better web tester page</h2>
   if (params.has('relnoopener')) {
     noRelOpenLinksTest();
   }
-  if (params.has('oldcssflexbox')) {
-    oldCSSFlexboxTest();
-  }
+  // if (params.has('oldcssflexbox')) {
+  //   oldCSSFlexboxTest();
+  // }
   if (params.has('deprecations')) {
     deprecationsTest();
   }
diff --git a/lighthouse-cli/test/smokehouse/dobetterweb/dbw-expectations.js b/lighthouse-cli/test/smokehouse/dobetterweb/dbw-expectations.js
index 2de176da08b5..2412e80f0c5f 100644
--- a/lighthouse-cli/test/smokehouse/dobetterweb/dbw-expectations.js
+++ b/lighthouse-cli/test/smokehouse/dobetterweb/dbw-expectations.js
@@ -102,16 +102,16 @@ module.exports = [
           }
         }
       },
-      'no-old-flexbox': {
-        score: false,
-        extendedInfo: {
-          value: {
-            results: {
-              length: 7
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      },
+      // 'no-old-flexbox': {
+      //   score: false,
+      //   extendedInfo: {
+      //     value: {
+      //       results: {
+      //         length: 7
+      //       }
+      //     }
+      //   }
+      // },
       'no-websql': {
         score: false,
         debugString: 'Found database "mydb", version: 1.0.'
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ module.exports = [
       'no-mutation-events': {
         score: true
       },
-      'no-old-flexbox': {
-        score: true
-      },
+      // 'no-old-flexbox': {
+      //   score: true
+      // },
       'no-websql': {
         score: true
       },
diff --git a/lighthouse-core/config/default.js b/lighthouse-core/config/default.js
index 270b85798c36..16d5e0405e1a 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/config/default.js
+++ b/lighthouse-core/config/default.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module.exports = {
     "useThrottling": false,
     "gatherers": [
       "chrome-console-messages",
-      "styles",
+      // "styles",
       // "css-usage",
       "dobetterweb/all-event-listeners",
       "dobetterweb/anchors-with-no-rel-noopener",
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ module.exports = {
     "dobetterweb/no-datenow",
     "dobetterweb/no-document-write",
     "dobetterweb/no-mutation-events",
-    "dobetterweb/no-old-flexbox",
+    // "dobetterweb/no-old-flexbox",
     "dobetterweb/no-websql",
     "dobetterweb/notification-on-start",
     "dobetterweb/script-blocking-first-paint",
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ module.exports = {
         {"id": "no-websql", "weight": 1},
         {"id": "is-on-https", "weight": 1},
         {"id": "uses-http2", "weight": 1},
-        {"id": "no-old-flexbox", "weight": 1},
+        // {"id": "no-old-flexbox", "weight": 1},
         {"id": "uses-passive-event-listeners", "weight": 1},
         {"id": "no-mutation-events", "weight": 1},
         {"id": "no-document-write", "weight": 1},