diff --git a/test/Aqua.jl b/test/Aqua.jl
index 0f2c72467b95..07ef76bcb5bf 100644
--- a/test/Aqua.jl
+++ b/test/Aqua.jl
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ using Aqua
     ambiguities=false,      # TODO: fix ambiguities
     unbound_args=false,     # TODO: fix unbound type parameters
     piracies=false,         # TODO: check the reported methods to be moved upstream
+    # Aqua persistent task does not work properly with developed dependencies
+    # thus we disable these tests when running in OscarCI:
+    persistent_tasks=!haskey(ENV, "oscar_run_tests"),
   )
   @test length(Aqua.detect_unbound_args_recursively(Oscar)) <= 16
 end