diff --git a/tests/block_test.go b/tests/block_test.go
index be4b6ee37d..43e3d99b3e 100644
--- a/tests/block_test.go
+++ b/tests/block_test.go
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@ func TestBlockchain(t *testing.T) {
 	// using 4.6 TGas
 	bt.skipLoad(`.*randomStatetest94.json.*`)
 
-	// The tests under Pyspecs are the ones that are published as execution-spect tests.
-	// We run these tests separately, no need to _also_ run them as part of the
-	// reference tests.
-	bt.skipLoad(`^Pyspecs/`)
-
 	bt.walk(t, blockTestDir, func(t *testing.T, name string, test *BlockTest) {
 		execBlockTest(t, bt, test)
 	})
diff --git a/tests/state_test.go b/tests/state_test.go
index 10f4e4ee19..6f53b88722 100644
--- a/tests/state_test.go
+++ b/tests/state_test.go
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ func initMatcher(st *testMatcher) {
 	// Broken tests:
 	// EOF is not part of cancun
 	st.skipLoad(`^stEOF/`)
+
+	// The tests under Pyspecs are the ones that are published as execution-spec tests.
+	// We run these tests separately, no need to _also_ run them as part of the
+	// reference tests.
+	st.skipLoad(`^Pyspecs/`)
 }
 
 func TestState(t *testing.T) {