diff --git a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_fs.py b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_fs.py
index b0f4886f4bf1a..e0e6bfcddb006 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_fs.py
+++ b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_fs.py
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ def skip_fsspec_s3fs(fs):
 
 def skip_azure(fs, reason):
     if fs.type_name == "abfs":
-        pytest.xfail(reason=reason)
+        pytest.skip(reason=reason)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.s3