diff --git a/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp b/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp
index d21b982eee..aee1730137 100644
--- a/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ struct test_case {
                 //    printf("%5d %9.6f %9.6f, diff = %9.6f\n", i, f1[i], f2[i], f1[i] - f2[i]);
                 //}
                 //printf("\n");
-                exit(1);
+                //exit(1);
                 ud->ok = false;
             }
             return true;
@@ -6761,7 +6761,7 @@ static std::vector<std::unique_ptr<test_case>> make_test_cases_eval() {
     test_cases.emplace_back(new test_mul_mat(GGML_TYPE_F32, GGML_TYPE_F32, 16, 32, 32, { 1,  1}, {1, 1}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, true, 3));
     test_cases.emplace_back(new test_mul_mat(GGML_TYPE_F32, GGML_TYPE_F32, 64, 77, 77, {12,1}, {1,1}));
 
-#if 1
+#if 0
     // test the mat-mat path for Metal
     for (int k = 1; k < 512; ++k) {
         test_cases.emplace_back(new test_mul_mat(GGML_TYPE_F16, GGML_TYPE_F32, 64, 127, k, {12,1}, {1,1}));