diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs b/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
index 6267e018e..0c0a0b042 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ extern crate touch;
 use self::touch::filetime::{self, FileTime};
 
 extern crate time;
-use time::macros::{datetime, format_description};
+use time::macros::format_description;
 
 use crate::common::util::{AtPath, TestScenario};
 use std::fs::remove_file;
@@ -625,61 +625,21 @@ fn test_touch_mtime_dst_succeeds() {
     assert_eq!(target_time, mtime);
 }
 
-// // is_dst_switch_hour returns true if timespec ts is just before the switch
-// // to Daylight Saving Time.
-// // For example, in EST (UTC-5), Timespec { sec: 1583647200, nsec: 0 }
-// // for March 8 2020 01:00:00 AM
-// // is just before the switch because on that day clock jumps by 1 hour,
-// // so 1 minute after 01:59:00 is 03:00:00.
-// fn is_dst_switch_hour(ts: time::Timespec) -> bool {
-//     let ts_after = ts + time::Duration::hours(1);
-//     let tm = time::at(ts);
-//     let tm_after = time::at(ts_after);
-//     tm_after.tm_hour == tm.tm_hour + 2
-// }
-
-// get_dst_switch_hour returns date string for which touch -m -t fails.
-// For example, in EST (UTC-5), that will be "202003080200" so
-// touch -m -t 202003080200 file
-// fails (that date/time does not exist).
-// In other locales it will be a different date/time, and in some locales
-// it doesn't exist at all, in which case this function will return None.
-fn get_dst_switch_hour() -> Option<String> {
-    //let now = time::OffsetDateTime::now_local().unwrap();
-    let now = match time::OffsetDateTime::now_local() {
-        Ok(now) => now,
-        Err(e) => {
-            panic!("Error {e} retrieving the OffsetDateTime::now_local");
-        }
-    };
-
-    // Start from January 1, 2020, 00:00.
-    let tm = datetime!(2020-01-01 00:00 UTC);
-    tm.to_offset(now.offset());
-
-    // let mut ts = tm.to_timespec();
-    // // Loop through all hours in year 2020 until we find the hour just
-    // // before the switch to DST.
-    // for _i in 0..(366 * 24) {
-    //     // if is_dst_switch_hour(ts) {
-    //     //     let mut tm = time::at(ts);
-    //     //     tm.tm_hour += 1;
-    //     //     let s = time::strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M", &tm).unwrap();
-    //     //     return Some(s);
-    //     // }
-    //     ts = ts + time::Duration::hours(1);
-    // }
-    None
-}
-
 #[test]
+#[ignore = "not implemented"]
 fn test_touch_mtime_dst_fails() {
     let (_at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
     let file = "test_touch_set_mtime_dst_fails";
 
-    if let Some(s) = get_dst_switch_hour() {
-        ucmd.args(&["-m", "-t", &s, file]).fails();
-    }
+    // Some timezones use daylight savings time, this leads to problems if the
+    // specified time is within the jump forward. In EST (UTC-5), there is a
+    // jump from 1:59AM to 3:00AM on, March 8 2020, so any thing in-between is
+    // invalid.
+    // See https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/TZ-Variable.html
+    // for information on the TZ variable, which where the string is copied from.
+    ucmd.env("TZ", "EST+5EDT,M3.2.0/2,M11.1.0/2")
+        .args(&["-m", "-t", "202003080200", file])
+        .fails();
 }
 
 #[test]