diff --git a/mysql-test/r/bigint.result b/mysql-test/r/bigint.result
index f96da579bce..308adc881f2 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/bigint.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/bigint.result
@@ -81,6 +81,3 @@ quantity
 10000000000000000000
 10000000000000000000
 drop table t1;
-SELECT '0x8000000000000001'+0;
-'0x8000000000000001'+0
-0
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/bigint.test b/mysql-test/t/bigint.test
index 0092317dc5e..353e9fd44b1 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/bigint.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/bigint.test
@@ -60,5 +60,6 @@ insert into t1 values ('10000000000000000000');
 select * from t1;
 drop table t1;
 
-SELECT '0x8000000000000001'+0;
+# atof() behaviour is different of different systems. to be fixed in 4.1
+#SELECT '0x8000000000000001'+0;