diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 56a00a5ab..fe0846ebd 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ description = Tests Certbot without any additional plugins installed
 deps =
     {[testenv:isolated-acme]deps}
     -e certbot[test]
-commands = {[base]pytest} certbot
+# we ignore apache/nginx since those tests depend on their respective extra dependencies (which are pulled in by their plugin)
+commands = {[base]pytest} certbot --ignore certbot/src/certbot/_internal/apache --ignore certbot/src/certbot/_internal/nginx
 
 [testenv:isolated-{apache,cloudflare,digitalocean,dnsimple,dnsmadeeasy,gehirn,google,linode,luadns,nsone,ovh,rfc2136,route53,sakuracloud,nginx}]
 description = Tests the plugin without installing any other plugins