diff --git a/src/borg/conftest.py b/src/borg/conftest.py
index 074ace179..e9ea95f61 100644
--- a/src/borg/conftest.py
+++ b/src/borg/conftest.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class ArchiverSetup:
         self.patterns_file_path: str | None = None
 
     def get_kind(self) -> str:
-        if self.repository_location.startswith("ssh://__testsuite__"):
+        if self.repository_location.startswith("ssh://__testsuite__") or self.repository_location.startswith("rest://"):
             return "remote"
         elif self.EXE == "borg.exe":
             return "binary"
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def archiver(tmp_path, set_env_variables):
 
 @pytest.fixture()
 def remote_archiver(archiver):
-    archiver.repository_location = "ssh://__testsuite__/" + str(archiver.repository_path)
+    archiver.repository_location = "rest://" + "/" + str(archiver.repository_path)
     yield archiver
 
 
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/__init__.py b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/__init__.py
index ebb27f790..3169844e4 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/__init__.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/__init__.py
@@ -178,7 +178,10 @@ def open_archive(repo_path, name):
 
 def open_repository(archiver):
     if archiver.get_kind() == "remote":
-        return RemoteRepository(Location(archiver.repository_location))
+        location = Location(archiver.repository_location)
+        if location.proto == "rest":
+            return Repository(location, exclusive=True)
+        return RemoteRepository(location)
     else:
         return Repository(archiver.repository_path, exclusive=True)
 
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/checks_test.py b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/checks_test.py
index eff167027..88efa31c5 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/checks_test.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/checks_test.py
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ def test_unknown_mandatory_feature_in_cache(archivers, request):
 
 # Begin Remote Tests
 def test_remote_repo_restrict_to_path(remote_archiver):
+    if remote_archiver.repository_location.startswith("rest://"):
+        pytest.skip("Not applicable for rest:// protocol")
     original_location, repo_path = remote_archiver.repository_location, remote_archiver.repository_path
     # restricted to repo directory itself:
     with patch.object(RemoteRepository, "extra_test_args", ["--restrict-to-path", repo_path]):
@@ -306,6 +308,8 @@ def test_remote_repo_restrict_to_path(remote_archiver):
 
 
 def test_remote_repo_restrict_to_repository(remote_archiver):
+    if remote_archiver.repository_location.startswith("rest://"):
+        pytest.skip("Not applicable for rest:// protocol")
     repo_path = remote_archiver.repository_path
     # restricted to repo directory itself:
     with patch.object(RemoteRepository, "extra_test_args", ["--restrict-to-repository", repo_path]):