diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml b/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
index 6d5e0ede5..1d80feadd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
@@ -304,7 +304,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
           make
     - name: Install lcli
-      if: env.SELF_HOSTED_RUNNERS == 'false'
+# TODO(jimmy): re-enable this once we merge deneb into unstable
+#      if: env.SELF_HOSTED_RUNNERS == 'false'
       run: make install-lcli
     - name: Run the doppelganger protection failure test script
       run: |
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 12a939bde..05aafa8b3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ test-release:
 # Runs the full workspace tests in **release**, without downloading any additional
 # test vectors, using nextest.
 nextest-release:
-	cargo nextest run --workspace --release --exclude ef_tests --exclude beacon_chain --exclude slasher
+	cargo nextest run --workspace --release --exclude ef_tests --exclude beacon_chain --exclude slasher --exclude network
 
 # Runs the full workspace tests in **debug**, without downloading any additional test
 # vectors.
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ test-debug:
 # Runs the full workspace tests in **debug**, without downloading any additional test
 # vectors, using nextest.
 nextest-debug:
-	cargo nextest run --workspace --exclude ef_tests --exclude beacon_chain
+	cargo nextest run --workspace --exclude ef_tests --exclude beacon_chain --exclude network
 
 # Runs cargo-fmt (linter).
 cargo-fmt: