diff --git a/reg-tests/http-messaging/h00000.vtc b/reg-tests/http-messaging/h00000.vtc
index b09a2bd35..951a926fc 100644
--- a/reg-tests/http-messaging/h00000.vtc
+++ b/reg-tests/http-messaging/h00000.vtc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ server s1 {
 	txresp \
 	  -status 200 \
 	  -body "response 4"
-} -repeat 3 -start
+} -repeat 2 -start
 
 haproxy h1 -conf {
     defaults
@@ -87,47 +87,47 @@ client c1h1 -connect ${h1_feh1_sock} {
 # HEAD requests
 # Note: for now they fail with varnishtest, which expects the amount of
 # data advertised in the content-length response.
-client c2h1 -connect ${h1_feh1_sock} {
-	# first request is valid
-	txreq \
-	  -req "HEAD" \
-	  -url "/test11.html"
-	rxresp
-	expect resp.status == 200
-
-	# second request is valid and advertises C-L:0
-	txreq \
-	  -req "HEAD" \
-	  -url "/test12.html" \
-          -hdr "content-length: 0"
-	rxresp
-	expect resp.status == 200
-
-	# third request sends a body with a GET
-	txreq \
-	  -req "GET" \
-	  -url "/test13.html" \
-          -body "this must be delivered, like it or not"
-	rxresp
-	expect resp.status == 200
-
-	# fourth request is valid and advertises C-L:0, and close, and is
-	# followed by a string "this is not sent\r\n\r\n" which must be
-	# dropped.
-	txreq \
-	  -req "HEAD" \
-	  -url "/test14.html" \
-          -hdr "content-length: 0" \
-          -hdr "connection: close"
-	# "this is not sent"
-	sendhex "74787973207973206E6F742073656E740D0A0D0A"
-	rxresp
-	expect resp.status == 200
-
-	# the connection is expected to be closed and no more response must
-	# arrive here.
-	expect_close
-} -run
+#client c2h1 -connect ${h1_feh1_sock} {
+#	# first request is valid
+#	txreq \
+#	  -req "HEAD" \
+#	  -url "/test11.html"
+#	rxresp
+#	expect resp.status == 200
+#
+#	# second request is valid and advertises C-L:0
+#	txreq \
+#	  -req "HEAD" \
+#	  -url "/test12.html" \
+#          -hdr "content-length: 0"
+#	rxresp
+#	expect resp.status == 200
+#
+#	# third request sends a body with a GET
+#	txreq \
+#	  -req "GET" \
+#	  -url "/test13.html" \
+#          -body "this must be delivered, like it or not"
+#	rxresp
+#	expect resp.status == 200
+#
+#	# fourth request is valid and advertises C-L:0, and close, and is
+#	# followed by a string "this is not sent\r\n\r\n" which must be
+#	# dropped.
+#	txreq \
+#	  -req "HEAD" \
+#	  -url "/test14.html" \
+#          -hdr "content-length: 0" \
+#          -hdr "connection: close"
+#	# "this is not sent"
+#	sendhex "74787973207973206E6F742073656E740D0A0D0A"
+#	rxresp
+#	expect resp.status == 200
+#
+#	# the connection is expected to be closed and no more response must
+#	# arrive here.
+#	expect_close
+#} -run
 
 client c1h1 -connect ${h1_feh1_sock} {
 	# first request is valid