diff --git a/dev-python/recommonmark/recommonmark-0.7.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/recommonmark/recommonmark-0.7.1-r1.ebuild
index 9761a3e670ef5..d765393d33cdf 100644
--- a/dev-python/recommonmark/recommonmark-0.7.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/recommonmark/recommonmark-0.7.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -26,4 +26,12 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-0.6.0-sphinx3-2.patch"
 )
 
+# These tests are sensitive to Sphinx formatting changes and they will never
+# get fixed because upstream has archived the project in favor of myst_parser.
+# Bug #866009
+EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+	"tests/test_sphinx.py::GenericTests::test_headings"
+	"tests/test_sphinx.py::CustomExtensionTests::test_integration"
+)
+
 distutils_enable_tests pytest