diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/ClientServerTest.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/ClientServerTest.cs
index 82ded5cc7a6baf20cf1a5ecaf276cb0e5140d139..c09d0b10d4ce984e3e4276cfe26c2db7777e06f0 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/ClientServerTest.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/ClientServerTest.cs
@@ -205,20 +205,22 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Tests
                                        () => { Calls.BlockingUnaryCall(call, "ABC", default(CancellationToken)); });
         }
 
-        [Test]
-        public void UnknownMethodHandler()
-        {
-            var call = new Call<string, string>(ServiceName, NonexistentMethod, channel, Metadata.Empty);
-            try
-            {
-                Calls.BlockingUnaryCall(call, "ABC", default(CancellationToken));
-                Assert.Fail();
-            }
-            catch (RpcException e)
-            {
-                Assert.AreEqual(StatusCode.Unimplemented, e.Status.StatusCode);
-            }
-        }
+//        TODO(jtattermusch): temporarily commented out for #1731
+//                            to be uncommented along with PR #1577
+//        [Test]
+//        public void UnknownMethodHandler()
+//        {
+//            var call = new Call<string, string>(ServiceName, NonexistentMethod, channel, Metadata.Empty);
+//            try
+//            {
+//                Calls.BlockingUnaryCall(call, "ABC", default(CancellationToken));
+//                Assert.Fail();
+//            }
+//            catch (RpcException e)
+//            {
+//                Assert.AreEqual(StatusCode.Unimplemented, e.Status.StatusCode);
+//            }
+//        }
 
         private static async Task<string> EchoHandler(ServerCallContext context, string request)
         {