diff --git a/pandas/tseries/tests/test_timeseries.py b/pandas/tseries/tests/test_timeseries.py
index 0bb385b756eb8..e02973136863d 100644
--- a/pandas/tseries/tests/test_timeseries.py
+++ b/pandas/tseries/tests/test_timeseries.py
@@ -4325,6 +4325,8 @@ def test_to_datetime_format_time(self):
             self.assertEqual(to_datetime(s, format=format), dt)
 
     def test_to_datetime_with_non_exact(self):
+        # GH 10834
+        _skip_if_has_locale()
 
         # 8904
         # exact kw