diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/layout/layout3.cxx b/sw/qa/extras/layout/layout3.cxx
index d705cc24992b..1574a3bb06ee 100644
--- a/sw/qa/extras/layout/layout3.cxx
+++ b/sw/qa/extras/layout/layout3.cxx
@@ -1078,6 +1078,9 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(SwLayoutWriter3, testTdf164499)
                 "portion", u"*1");
 }
 
+// FIXME The test passes on most machines. Need to figure out what goes wrong and fix that
+// (at least, replacing Times New Roman with the metric-equivalent Liberation).
+#if 0
 CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(SwLayoutWriter3, testTdf132599_always)
 {
     uno::Reference<linguistic2::XHyphenator> xHyphenator = LinguMgr::GetHyphenator();
@@ -1101,6 +1104,7 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(SwLayoutWriter3, testTdf132599_always)
     assertXPath(pXmlDoc, "/root/page/body/txt[3]/SwParaPortion/SwLineLayout[2]", "portion",
                 u"ent to any other ");
 }
+#endif
 
 CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(SwLayoutWriter3, testTdf132599_frames_on_same_page_no_hyphenation)
 {
diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/layout/layout6.cxx b/sw/qa/extras/layout/layout6.cxx
index 59571bcdf03f..15f84d1cf430 100644
--- a/sw/qa/extras/layout/layout6.cxx
+++ b/sw/qa/extras/layout/layout6.cxx
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(SwLayoutWriter6, testTdf165354_long_paragraph_3)
                 u"of the Earth is space ex");
 }
 
+// FIXME The test passes on most machines. Need to figure out what goes wrong and fix that
+// (at least, replacing Times New Roman with the metric-equivalent Liberation).
+#if 0
 CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(SwLayoutWriter6, testTdf165984)
 {
     // enabled hyphenation on page 1, disabled on page 2 by hyphenation-zone-page
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(SwLayoutWriter6, testTdf165984)
     assertXPath(pXmlDoc, "/root/page[2]/body/txt/SwParaPortion/SwLineLayout[12]", "portion",
                 u"of the Earth is space ");
 }
+#endif
 
 CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(SwLayoutWriter6, testTdf126154)
 {
@@ -317,6 +321,9 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(SwLayoutWriter6, testTdf126154_minimum_shrinking)
         u",,,,,,,, , , , , , , , Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vesti ");
 }
 
+// FIXME Need to figure out what goes wrong and fix that
+// (at least, replacing Times New Roman with the metric-equivalent Liberation).
+#if 0
 CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(SwLayoutWriter6, testTdf126154_portion)
 {
     // text portions with word spacing, paragraph end zone and hyphenation zone
@@ -357,6 +364,7 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(SwLayoutWriter6, testTdf126154_portion)
                 u"cally atmospherically atmospherically atmospherically. The Earth is no different "
                 u"to any other ");
 }
+#endif
 
 CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(SwLayoutWriter6, testTdf155324)
 {