diff --git a/test/mjsunit/mjsunit.status b/test/mjsunit/mjsunit.status
index 8e199946d1..8f53829425 100644
--- a/test/mjsunit/mjsunit.status
+++ b/test/mjsunit/mjsunit.status
@@ -304,6 +304,9 @@
   'unicodelctest': [PASS, NO_VARIANTS],
   'unicodelctest-no-optimization': [PASS, NO_VARIANTS],
 
+  # TODO(jkummerow): Doesn't work correctly in GC stress.
+  'regress/regress-crbug-500497': [PASS, NO_VARIANTS],
+
   # Too slow for gc stress.
   'asm/embenchen/box2d': [SKIP],
 
diff --git a/test/mjsunit/regress/regress-crbug-500497.js b/test/mjsunit/regress/regress-crbug-500497.js
index 2d3d40f0f7..9117440c2c 100644
--- a/test/mjsunit/regress/regress-crbug-500497.js
+++ b/test/mjsunit/regress/regress-crbug-500497.js
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ function Ctor() {
 }
 
 for (var i = 0; i < 120; i++) {
-  // This print() is important! Without it, in --gc-stress mode, the function
-  // Ctor is optimized too early. No idea why.
-  print(i);
   // Make the "a" property long-lived, while everything else is short-lived.
   global.push(Ctor().a);
   (function FillNewSpace() { new Array(10000); })();