--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/private/__w2mpth__.m
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/private/__w2mpth__.m
@@ -59,13 +59,14 @@
 
 
 ## Use single quote strings for winpaths to cope with backslashes.
-%!test
-%! if (ispc)
-%!   assert (__w2mpth__ ('file.fil'), 'file.fil');
-%!   assert (__w2mpth__ ('\file.fil'), '/file.fil');
-%!   assert (__w2mpth__ ('G:\file.fil'), '/G/file.fil');
-%!   assert (__w2mpth__ ('r:\subdir\file.fil'), '/r/subdir/file.fil');
-%!   assert (__w2mpth__ ('relative\path\to\file.dat'),
-%!                       'relative/path/to/file.dat')
-%! endif
+## These tests are commented out until a better place is found (bug #44581)
+##%!test
+##%! if (ispc)
+##%!   assert (__w2mpth__ ('file.fil'), 'file.fil');
+##%!   assert (__w2mpth__ ('\file.fil'), '/file.fil');
+##%!   assert (__w2mpth__ ('G:\file.fil'), '/G/file.fil');
+##%!   assert (__w2mpth__ ('r:\subdir\file.fil'), '/r/subdir/file.fil');
+##%!   assert (__w2mpth__ ('relative\path\to\file.dat'),
+##%!                       'relative/path/to/file.dat')
+##%! endif