diff --git a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests_json.py b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests_json.py
index f1da9e9c82..590e5f402e 100755
--- a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests_json.py
+++ b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests_json.py
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ def test_traffic_json(statsport):
     generic.test_traffic(fetch_traffic_json, statsip="10.53.0.2", statsport=statsport)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(isctest.mark.is_host_freebsd(), reason="unstable on FreeBSD")
 @pytest.mark.flaky(max_runs=2)
 def test_rtt_json(statsport):
     generic.test_rtt(fetch_rtt_json, statsip="10.53.0.4", statsport=statsport)
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests_xml.py b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests_xml.py
index 133c2f0963..bfe66c1cd8 100755
--- a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests_xml.py
+++ b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests_xml.py
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ def test_traffic_xml(statsport):
     generic.test_traffic(fetch_traffic_xml, statsip="10.53.0.2", statsport=statsport)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(isctest.mark.is_host_freebsd(), reason="unstable on FreeBSD")
 @pytest.mark.flaky(max_runs=2)
 def test_rtt_xml(statsport):
     generic.test_rtt(fetch_rtt_xml, statsip="10.53.0.4", statsport=statsport)