"Skip" property of useQuery hook has no effect

Intended outcome:

Using the skip property of useQuery, I expect the query not to be executed as long as skip === true.

Actual outcome:

No matter which value skip has, the query is always executed.

Version

System:

• OS: Linux 5.0 Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo)
• Binaries:
  • Node: 12.3.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
  • npm: 6.11.2 - /usr/local/bin/npm
• Browsers:
  • Firefox: 69.0
• npmPackages:
  • apollo-cache-inmemory: ^1.6.3 => 1.6.3
  • apollo-client: ^2.6.4 => 2.6.4
  • apollo-link-http: ^1.5.16 => 1.5.16
  • react-apollo: ^3.1.0 => 3.1.0