1 files changed, 7 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/libcxx/test/strings/basic.string/string.capacity/max_size.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/strings/basic.string/string.capacity/max_size.pass.cpp
index e6a3aa42dde..f42642563bd 100644
--- a/libcxx/test/strings/basic.string/string.capacity/max_size.pass.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/test/strings/basic.string/string.capacity/max_size.pass.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
 
 // size_type max_size() const;
 
+// NOTE: asan and msan will fail for one of two reasons
+// 1. If allocator_may_return_null=0 then they will fail because the allocation
+//    returns null.
+// 2. If allocator_may_return_null=1 then they will fail because the allocation
+//    is too large to succeed.
+// UNSUPPORTED: asan, msan
+
 #include <string>
 #include <cassert>
 
@@ -40,23 +47,11 @@ test2(const S& s)
 
 template <class S>
 void
-test3(const S& s)
-{
-    S s2(s);
-    const size_t sz = s2.max_size() + 1;
-    try { s2.resize(sz, 'x'); }
-    catch ( const std::length_error & ) { return ; }
-    assert ( false );
-}
-
-template <class S>
-void
 test(const S& s)
 {
     assert(s.max_size() >= s.size());
     test1(s);
     test2(s);
-    test3(s);
 }
 
 int main()