diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/net-misc/socat/socat-1.8.0.3.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/net-misc/socat/socat-1.8.0.3.ebuild
index 9235016c1a..62563483c8 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/net-misc/socat/socat-1.8.0.3.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/net-misc/socat/socat-1.8.0.3.ebuild
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos"
 IUSE="ipv6 readline ssl tcpd"
+# bug #946404 (and many others), whack-a-mole with timeouts and friends
+# Try again in the future.
+RESTRICT="test"
 
 DEPEND="
 	ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-3:= )