diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh b/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
index 33a600b219d7..ddb3be81880e 100755
--- a/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
@@ -412,7 +412,8 @@ dotest() {
 }
 
 _run_machine-linux() {
-    # N/B: Can't use _bail_if_test_can_be_skipped here b/c content isn't under test/
+    _bail_if_test_can_be_skipped pkg/machine/e2e
+
     showrun make localmachine |& logformatter
 }