diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/TextKit/ASTextKitRenderer.mm b/AsyncDisplayKit/TextKit/ASTextKitRenderer.mm
index b7e333e86b..d4246b2a1c 100755
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/TextKit/ASTextKitRenderer.mm
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/TextKit/ASTextKitRenderer.mm
@@ -205,12 +205,15 @@ static NSCharacterSet *_defaultAvoidTruncationCharacterSet()
 
 - (BOOL)canUseFastPath
 {
-  return self.isScaled == NO
-    && self.usesCustomTruncation == NO
-    && self.usesExclusionPaths == NO
-    // NSAttributedString drawing methods ignore usesLineFragmentOrigin if max line count 1,
-    // rendering them useless:
-    && (_attributes.maximumNumberOfLines != 1 || isinf(_constrainedSize.width));
+  return NO;
+//  Fast path is temporarily disabled, because it's crashing in production.
+//  NOTE: Remember to re-enable testFastPathTruncation when we re-enable this.
+//  return self.isScaled == NO
+//    && self.usesCustomTruncation == NO
+//    && self.usesExclusionPaths == NO
+//    // NSAttributedString drawing methods ignore usesLineFragmentOrigin if max line count 1,
+//    // rendering them useless:
+//    && (_attributes.maximumNumberOfLines != 1 || isinf(_constrainedSize.width));
 }
 
 #pragma mark - Drawing
diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKitTests/ASTextNodeSnapshotTests.m b/AsyncDisplayKitTests/ASTextNodeSnapshotTests.m
index a819ba2f22..1dac0c198c 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKitTests/ASTextNodeSnapshotTests.m
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKitTests/ASTextNodeSnapshotTests.m
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@
   ASSnapshotVerifyView(backgroundView, nil);
 }
 
-- (void)testThatFastPathTruncationWorks
+// This test is disabled because the fast-path is disabled.
+- (void)DISABLED_testThatFastPathTruncationWorks
 {
   ASTextNode *textNode = [[ASTextNode alloc] init];
   textNode.attributedText = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"Quality is Important" attributes:@{ NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor blueColor], NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont italicSystemFontOfSize:24] }];
@@ -87,8 +88,9 @@
 {
   ASTextNode *textNode = [[ASTextNode alloc] init];
   textNode.attributedText = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"Quality is Important" attributes:@{ NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor blueColor], NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont italicSystemFontOfSize:24] }];
-  [textNode layoutThatFits:ASSizeRangeMake(CGSizeZero, CGSizeMake(100, 50))];
+  // Set exclusion paths to trigger slow path
   textNode.exclusionPaths = @[ [UIBezierPath bezierPath] ];
+  [textNode layoutThatFits:ASSizeRangeMake(CGSizeZero, CGSizeMake(100, 50))];
   ASSnapshotVerifyNode(textNode, nil);
 }
 
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index dcae003909..4d68f59813 100644
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diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKitTests/ReferenceImages_iOS_10/ASTextNodeSnapshotTests/testThatSlowPathTruncationWorks@2x.png b/AsyncDisplayKitTests/ReferenceImages_iOS_10/ASTextNodeSnapshotTests/testThatSlowPathTruncationWorks@2x.png
index bf816c2ed4..18de8b27fe 100644
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