diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 350df7713..a0cea1297 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,3 @@ before_script:
   - "sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start"
   - 't=0; until (xdpyinfo -display :99 &> /dev/null || test $t -gt 10); do sleep 1; let t=$t+1; done'
 script: ./tool/travis.sh
-matrix:
-  allow_failures:
-  # Blocked by https://github.com/dart-lang/angular2/issues/272
-  - env: TEST_PLATFORM=content-shell
diff --git a/tool/travis.sh b/tool/travis.sh
index c7b9cf873..94c8bf8ba 100755
--- a/tool/travis.sh
+++ b/tool/travis.sh
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ echo $THE_COMMAND
 $THE_COMMAND
 
 if [ $TEST_PLATFORM == 'content-shell' ]; then
-  echo "** Running pub tests – with codegen"
-  "$(dirname "$0")/run_codegen_tests.sh"
+  echo "** SKIPPING pub tests – with codegen - broken!"
+  echo "** See https://github.com/dart-lang/angular2/issues/272"
+  # "$(dirname "$0")/run_codegen_tests.sh"
 fi
 
 echo "** Done!!"