diff --git a/ipython.spec b/ipython.spec
index b8b1a48..090e9f3 100644
--- a/ipython.spec
+++ b/ipython.spec
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %check
 # Ensure that the user's .pythonrc.py is not invoked during any tests.
 export PYTHONSTARTUP=""
-%global EXCLUDE_TESTS "test_irunner_pylab_magic|test_console_widget|test_kill_ring"
+%global EXCLUDE_TESTS "test_irunner_pylab_magic|test_console_widget|test_kill_ring|test_px_pylab|test_magic_pylab"
 
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 pushd %{py3dir}
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{python_sitelib} \
 - More changes to build for Python 3 (mostly by Andrew McNabb, #784947)
 - Update package structure of python3-ipython subpackage to match python2-ipython one's
 - enable python3 build of ipython
+- exclude pylab tests for now, as it is broken on python3
 
 * Thu Feb 21 2013 Thomas Spura <tomspur@fedoraproject.org> - 0.13.1-3
 - obsolete old Thu Feb 21 2013 python packages (José Matos, #882724)