diff --git a/kde/kairo/APKBUILD b/kde/kairo/APKBUILD
index c668fcdd7..46d527cfc 100644
--- a/kde/kairo/APKBUILD
+++ b/kde/kairo/APKBUILD
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ check() {
 	cd build
 
 	# circuitreadertest is broken
-	CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE=TRUE xvfb-run ctest -E "circuitreadertest"
+	# timercontroltest fails on armv7/aarch64 in qemu
+	CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE=TRUE xvfb-run ctest \
+		-E "circuitreadertest|timercontroltest"
 }
 
 package() {