diff --git a/system_tests/state_provider_test.go b/system_tests/state_provider_test.go
index 88b4fb1128..4a1f3b91f7 100644
--- a/system_tests/state_provider_test.go
+++ b/system_tests/state_provider_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // For license information, see https://github.com/offchainlabs/bold/blob/main/LICENSE
 
 // race detection makes things slow and miss timeouts
+//go:build challengetest && !race
 
 package arbtest