diff --git a/test/stdlib/3.7-exclude.sh b/test/stdlib/3.7-exclude.sh
index 6e22ffd2..38d3c6da 100644
--- a/test/stdlib/3.7-exclude.sh
+++ b/test/stdlib/3.7-exclude.sh
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ SKIP_TESTS=(
     [test_subprocess.py]=1
     [test_sys_setprofile.py]=1 # test assertions failed
     [test_sys_settrace.py]=1 # parse error
+    [test_sysconfig.py]=1 # if confused for ifelse in "test_triplet_in_ext_suffix"
 
     [test_tarfile.py]=1 # test assertions failed
     [test_threading.py]=1 #
diff --git a/test/stdlib/3.8-exclude.sh b/test/stdlib/3.8-exclude.sh
index ce61e72a..3ada5b24 100644
--- a/test/stdlib/3.8-exclude.sh
+++ b/test/stdlib/3.8-exclude.sh
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ SKIP_TESTS=(
     [test_subprocess.py]=1
     [test_sys_setprofile.py]=1 # test assertions failed
     [test_sys_settrace.py]=1 # parse error
+    [test_sysconfig.py]=1 # if confused for ifelse in "test_triplet_in_ext_suffix"
 
     [test_tarfile.py]=1 # parse error
     [test_threading.py]=1 #