diff --git a/tests/test-narrow-shallow-merges.t b/tests/test-narrow-shallow-merges.t
index 9fa4a1fdba15a66466eba5de77d4050adb1c90e3_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1uYXJyb3ctc2hhbGxvdy1tZXJnZXMudA==..8d033b348d85607af667d6cf7015d4e1c5055a0f_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1uYXJyb3ctc2hhbGxvdy1tZXJnZXMudA== 100644
--- a/tests/test-narrow-shallow-merges.t
+++ b/tests/test-narrow-shallow-merges.t
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#require no-reposimplestore
+
   $ . "$TESTDIR/narrow-library.sh"
 
 create full repo
diff --git a/tests/test-narrow-shallow.t b/tests/test-narrow-shallow.t
index 9fa4a1fdba15a66466eba5de77d4050adb1c90e3_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1uYXJyb3ctc2hhbGxvdy50..8d033b348d85607af667d6cf7015d4e1c5055a0f_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1uYXJyb3ctc2hhbGxvdy50 100644
--- a/tests/test-narrow-shallow.t
+++ b/tests/test-narrow-shallow.t
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#require no-reposimplestore
+
   $ . "$TESTDIR/narrow-library.sh"
 
   $ hg init master