diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 7da355fe3c16..7a2890c98b9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -321,39 +321,43 @@ jobs:
           # Ignore MIRI errors until we can get a clean run
           cargo miri test || true
 
-  coverage:
-    name: Coverage
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        arch: [amd64]
-        rust: [stable]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-      - name: Cache Cargo
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: /home/runner/.cargo
-          # this key is not equal because the user is different than on a container (runner vs github)
-          key: cargo-coverage-cache-
-      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: /home/runner/target
-          # this key is not equal because coverage uses different compilation flags.
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-target-coverage-cache-${{ matrix.rust }}-
-      - name: Run coverage
-        run: |
-          export ARROW_TEST_DATA=$(pwd)/testing/data
-          export PARQUET_TEST_DATA=$(pwd)/parquet-testing/data
+# Coverage job was failing. https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/issues/590 tracks re-instating it
 
-          cargo install --version 0.18.0-alpha3 cargo-tarpaulin
-          cargo tarpaulin --out Xml
-        env:
-          CARGO_HOME: "/home/runner/.cargo"
-          CARGO_TARGET_DIR: "/home/runner/target"
-      - name: Report coverage
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
+  # coverage:
+  #   name: Coverage
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   strategy:
+  #     matrix:
+  #       arch: [amd64]
+  #       rust: [stable]
+  #   steps:
+  #     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+  #       with:
+  #         submodules: true
+  #     - name: Cache Cargo
+  #       uses: actions/cache@v2
+  #       with:
+  #         path: /home/runner/.cargo
+  #         # this key is not equal because the user is different than on a container (runner vs github)
+  #         key: cargo-coverage-cache-
+  #     - name: Cache Rust dependencies
+  #       uses: actions/cache@v2
+  #       with:
+  #         path: /home/runner/target
+  #         # this key is not equal because coverage uses different compilation flags.
+  #         key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-target-coverage-cache-${{ matrix.rust }}-
+  #     - name: Run coverage
+  #       run: |
+  #         export ARROW_TEST_DATA=$(pwd)/testing/data
+  #         export PARQUET_TEST_DATA=$(pwd)/parquet-testing/data
+
+  #         # 2020-11-15: There is a cargo-tarpaulin regression in 0.17.0
+  #         # see https://github.com/xd009642/tarpaulin/issues/618
+  #         cargo install --version 0.16.0 cargo-tarpaulin
+  #         cargo tarpaulin --out Xml
+  #       env:
+  #         CARGO_HOME: "/home/runner/.cargo"
+  #         CARGO_TARGET_DIR: "/home/runner/target"
+  #     - name: Report coverage
+  #       continue-on-error: true
+  #       run: bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)