diff --git a/community/kicad/APKBUILD b/community/kicad/APKBUILD
index 825b8fddc76..57f0fba7ac3 100644
--- a/community/kicad/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/kicad/APKBUILD
@@ -65,20 +65,23 @@ build() {
 }
 
 check() {
-	local failing_tests
 	case "$CARCH" in
-	armv7|armhf|x86)
+	armv7|armhf)
 		# qa_cli requires too much memory to pass on 32bit arches
-		failing_tests="qa_cli"
+		ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure -E "qa_cli"
+		;;
+	x86)
+		# qa_cli requires too much memory to pass on 32bit arches
+		# qa_pcbnew: SIGTRAP***Exception/"Assert failure"
+		ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure -E '(qa_pcbnew|qa_cli)'
 		;;
 	ppc64le)
 		# design rule regression checks fail on ppc64le
-		failing_tests="qa_pcbnew"
+		ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure -E "qa_pcbnew"
 		;;
 	*)
-		failing_tests=""
+		ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure
 	esac
-	ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure -E $failing_tests
 }
 
 package() {