diff --git a/app-shells/sheldon/sheldon-0.8.5.ebuild b/app-shells/sheldon/sheldon-0.8.5.ebuild
index 841b3f61cc..4983f5ad75 100644
--- a/app-shells/sheldon/sheldon-0.8.5.ebuild
+++ b/app-shells/sheldon/sheldon-0.8.5.ebuild
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/rossmacarthur/sheldon/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz
 LICENSE="Apache-2.0 Apache-2.0-with-LLVM-exceptions Boost-1.0 LGPL-2.1+ MIT Unicode-3.0 Unlicense"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+# tests clone github.com/rossmacarthur/sheldon-test, requires network access
+# https://bugs.gentoo.org/974535
+RESTRICT="test"
 # rust does not use *FLAGS from make.conf, silence portage warning
 # update with proper path to binaries this crate installs, omit leading /
 QA_FLAGS_IGNORED="usr/bin/${PN}"