diff --git a/tools/regtesting/do_regtest.py b/tools/regtesting/do_regtest.py
index 0ba4f386e4..f8ca06c7a5 100755
--- a/tools/regtesting/do_regtest.py
+++ b/tools/regtesting/do_regtest.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ KEEPALIVE_SKIP_DIRS = [
     "TMC/regtest_ana_post_proc",
     "LIBTEST/libvori",
     "LIBTEST/libbqb",
+    "QS/regtest-ec"
 ]
 
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