diff --git a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
index 80b663d32f4..f6c1f292867 100644
--- a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ def _acquire_release(lock, timeout, l=None, n=1):
         for _ in range(n):
             lock.release()
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'darwin', "TODO: RUSTPYTHON; flaky on darwin")
+    @unittest.skip("TODO: RUSTPYTHON; flaky timeout")
     def test_repr_rlock(self):
         if self.TYPE != 'processes':
             self.skipTest('test not appropriate for {}'.format(self.TYPE))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_threaded_import.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_threaded_import.py
index f624e7d2c8d..140be1e6619 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_threaded_import.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_threaded_import.py
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@ def check_parallel_module_init(self, mock_os):
             if verbose:
                 print("OK.")
 
-    # TODO: RUSTPYTHON
-    @unittest.expectedFailure
+    @unittest.skip("TODO: RUSTPYTHON; flaky")
     def test_parallel_module_init(self):
         self.check_parallel_module_init()