diff --git a/tools/regtesting/do_regtest.py b/tools/regtesting/do_regtest.py
index 72b34646ba..7bc3aa2789 100755
--- a/tools/regtesting/do_regtest.py
+++ b/tools/regtesting/do_regtest.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ KEEPALIVE_SKIP_DIRS = [
     "LIBTEST/libbqb",
     "QS/regtest-ec",
     "QS/regtest-gapw",
+    "QS/regtest-gapw_xc",
     "QS/regtest-gpw-1",
     "QS/regtest-mp2-grad-1",
     "QS/regtest-mp2-grad-2",