diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest.cc b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
index 479b2ee3..46212e74 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
@@ -459,7 +459,12 @@ void AssertHelper::operator=(const Message& message) const {
   UnitTest::GetInstance()->AddTestPartResult(
       data_->type, data_->file, data_->line,
       AppendUserMessage(data_->message, message),
-      UnitTest::GetInstance()->impl()->CurrentOsStackTraceExceptTop(1)
+      // Suppress emission of the stack trace for GTEST_SKIP() since skipping is
+      // an intentional act by the developer rather than a failure requiring
+      // investigation.
+      data_->type != TestPartResult::kSkip
+          ? UnitTest::GetInstance()->impl()->CurrentOsStackTraceExceptTop(1)
+          : ""
       // Skips the stack frame for this function itself.
   );  // NOLINT
 }
diff --git a/googletest/test/googletest-output-test-golden-lin.txt b/googletest/test/googletest-output-test-golden-lin.txt
index 6ddf822f..e06856a2 100644
--- a/googletest/test/googletest-output-test-golden-lin.txt
+++ b/googletest/test/googletest-output-test-golden-lin.txt
@@ -970,7 +970,6 @@ googletest-output-test_.cc:#: Skipped
 [----------] 1 test from TestSuiteThatSkipsInSetUp
 googletest-output-test_.cc:#: Skipped
 Skip entire test suite
-Stack trace: (omitted)
 
 [ RUN      ] TestSuiteThatSkipsInSetUp.ShouldNotRun
 googletest-output-test_.cc:#: Skipped
diff --git a/googletest/test/gtest_xml_output_unittest.py b/googletest/test/gtest_xml_output_unittest.py
index 422569e4..c3fea2c0 100755
--- a/googletest/test/gtest_xml_output_unittest.py
+++ b/googletest/test/gtest_xml_output_unittest.py
@@ -112,20 +112,23 @@ Invalid characters in brackets []%(stack)s]]></failure>
   </testsuite>
   <testsuite name="SkippedTest" tests="3" failures="1" disabled="0" skipped="2" errors="0" time="*" timestamp="*">
     <testcase name="Skipped" status="run" file="gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc" line="75" result="skipped" time="*" timestamp="*" classname="SkippedTest">
-      <skipped message="gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc:*&#x0A;%(stack_entity)s"><![CDATA[gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc:*
-%(stack)s]]></skipped>
+      <skipped message="gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc:*&#x0A;&#x0A;"><![CDATA[gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc:*
+
+]]></skipped>
     </testcase>
     <testcase name="SkippedWithMessage" file="gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc" line="79" status="run" result="skipped" time="*" timestamp="*" classname="SkippedTest">
-      <skipped message="gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc:*&#x0A;It is good practice to tell why you skip a test.%(stack_entity)s"><![CDATA[gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc:*
-It is good practice to tell why you skip a test.%(stack)s]]></skipped>
+      <skipped message="gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc:*&#x0A;It is good practice to tell why you skip a test.&#x0A;"><![CDATA[gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc:*
+It is good practice to tell why you skip a test.
+]]></skipped>
     </testcase>
     <testcase name="SkippedAfterFailure" file="gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc" line="83" status="run" result="completed" time="*" timestamp="*" classname="SkippedTest">
       <failure message="gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc:*&#x0A;Expected equality of these values:&#x0A;  1&#x0A;  2%(stack_entity)s" type=""><![CDATA[gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc:*
 Expected equality of these values:
   1
   2%(stack)s]]></failure>
-      <skipped message="gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc:*&#x0A;It is good practice to tell why you skip a test.%(stack_entity)s"><![CDATA[gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc:*
-It is good practice to tell why you skip a test.%(stack)s]]></skipped>
+      <skipped message="gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc:*&#x0A;It is good practice to tell why you skip a test.&#x0A;"><![CDATA[gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc:*
+It is good practice to tell why you skip a test.
+]]></skipped>
     </testcase>
 
   </testsuite>