diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php
index fb7ae43..fd91ed8 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php
@@ -871,8 +871,9 @@ protected function initializeContainer() {
     // one from scratch.
     if (!isset($container) && !isset($container_definition)) {
       // Building the container creates 1000s of objects. Garbage collection of
-      // these objects is expensive and appears to be causing segmentation
-      // faults in PHP 5.6.
+      // these objects is expensive. Additionally, it appears to be causing
+      // random segmentation faults in PHP 5.6. Once the container is rebuilt,
+      // garbage collection is re-enabled.
       $disable_gc = gc_enabled();
       if ($disable_gc) {
         gc_collect_cycles();
diff --git a/core/scripts/run-tests.sh b/core/scripts/run-tests.sh
index 15a59eb..09a7aad 100755
--- a/core/scripts/run-tests.sh
+++ b/core/scripts/run-tests.sh
@@ -147,8 +147,6 @@
 drupal_set_time_limit(0);
 simpletest_script_reporter_init();
 
-$args['repeat'] = 60;
-$test_list = ['\Drupal\FunctionalTests\ContainerRebuildTest'];
 $tests_to_run = array();
 for ($i = 0; $i < $args['repeat']; $i++) {
   $tests_to_run = array_merge($tests_to_run, $test_list);
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/FunctionalTests/ContainerRebuildTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/FunctionalTests/ContainerRebuildTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 52c4cea..0000000
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/FunctionalTests/ContainerRebuildTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Drupal\FunctionalTests;
-
-use Drupal\Component\DependencyInjection\Container;
-use Drupal\Tests\BrowserTestBase;
-
-/**
- * Explicit test for BrowserTestBase::getTestMethodCaller().
- *
- * @group browsertestbase
- */
-class ContainerRebuildTest extends BrowserTestBase {
-
-  protected $profile = 'standard';
-
-  /**
-   * Rebuild the container a few times
-   */
-  public function testRebuildContainer() {
-    $kernel = \Drupal::service('kernel');
-    for ($i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++) {
-      $kernel->invalidateContainer();
-      $container = $kernel->rebuildContainer();
-      $this->assertInstanceOf(Container::class, $container);
-      $this->drupalGet('<front>');
-    }
-  }
-
-}