diff --git a/tests/test-narrow-shallow-merges.t b/tests/test-narrow-shallow-merges.t
--- 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
--- 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