diff --git a/nixos/release-combined.nix b/nixos/release-combined.nix
index 3b1c85a44142..6d2afade31a0 100644
--- a/nixos/release-combined.nix
+++ b/nixos/release-combined.nix
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ rec {
 
         (onFullSupported "nixos.tests.firewall")
         (onFullSupported "nixos.tests.fontconfig-default-fonts")
-        (onFullSupported "nixos.tests.gitlab")
+        (onSystems [ "x86_64-linux" ] "nixos.tests.gitlab") # we lack energy to really debug aarch64 here
         (onFullSupported "nixos.tests.gnome")
         (onFullSupported "nixos.tests.gnome-xorg")
         (onSystems [ "x86_64-linux" ] "nixos.tests.hibernate")