diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/apt-sources/test-elements/test-sources/element-deps b/diskimage_builder/elements/apt-sources/test-elements/test-sources/element-deps
index ae04bb063..dbb1c56b2 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/apt-sources/test-elements/test-sources/element-deps
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/apt-sources/test-elements/test-sources/element-deps
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 base
-ubuntu
+ubuntu-minimal
diff --git a/tests/run_functests.sh b/tests/run_functests.sh
index 9e3ca9cc7..86c7f72ba 100755
--- a/tests/run_functests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_functests.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS=(
     # in testing does not work always.
     debian-minimal/testing-build-succeeds
     # No longer reasonable to test upstream (lacks a mirror in infra)
+    # note this is centos6
     centos/build-succeeds
+    # Needs infra mirroring to be stable
+    debian-minimal/stable-build-succeeds
+    debian-minimal/stable-vm
+    debian/build-succeeds
 )
 
 # The default output formats (specified to disk-image-create's "-t"