diff --git a/dev-libs/libbson/libbson-1.27.2.ebuild b/dev-libs/libbson/libbson-1.27.2.ebuild
index 6f9c8eb..67da6ad 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libbson/libbson-1.27.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libbson/libbson-1.27.2.ebuild
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~ppc ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
 IUSE="examples static-libs"
 
+# tests are covered in mongo-c-driver and are not easily runnable in here
+RESTRICT="test"
+
 BDEPEND="dev-python/sphinx"
 
 src_prepare() {