diff --git a/debian/tests/gnome-desktop-testing b/debian/tests/gnome-desktop-testing
index e3015ccb..0bf126dd 100755
--- a/debian/tests/gnome-desktop-testing
+++ b/debian/tests/gnome-desktop-testing
@@ -3,4 +3,20 @@
 set -e
 exec 2>&1
 
-exec gnome-desktop-testing-runner ostree
+e=0
+
+tests="$(gnome-desktop-testing-runner -l ostree | while read t; do
+	t="${t%% *}"
+
+	case "$t" in
+		(ostree/test-local-pull.sh.test)
+			# frequently times out, https://bugs.debian.org/842606
+			# https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree/issues/605
+			continue
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	echo "$t"
+done)"
+
+gnome-desktop-testing-runner $tests