diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.1.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.1.bb
index 56930498e3..5cfd4e61c3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.1.bb
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ do_install_ptest() {
 	# https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14371
 	rm -f ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test/time.*
 	rm -f ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test/timeout.*
-	for t in time timeout; do
+    # randtest is a statistical test that intermittently fails on overloaded systems
+    # https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16254
+    rm -f ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test/randtest.*
+	for t in time timeout randtest; do
 		echo $t >> ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test/skipped.txt
 	done
 }