diff -Nru htseq-0.6.1p1/debian/changelog htseq-0.6.1p1/debian/changelog
--- htseq-0.6.1p1/debian/changelog	2015-12-09 14:48:27.000000000 +0000
+++ htseq-0.6.1p1/debian/changelog	2017-11-15 00:24:37.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+htseq (0.6.1p1-4+rpi1) buster-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Wed, 15 Nov 2017 00:24:37 +0000
+
 htseq (0.6.1p1-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Tweak test for more architectures.
diff -Nru htseq-0.6.1p1/debian/rules htseq-0.6.1p1/debian/rules
--- htseq-0.6.1p1/debian/rules	2015-12-09 14:48:27.000000000 +0000
+++ htseq-0.6.1p1/debian/rules	2017-11-15 00:24:27.000000000 +0000
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 %:
 	dh $@ --with python2,sphinxdoc
 
-ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+ifeq (testsuitedisabled,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 test-python%:
 	echo "testing on architecture $(DEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU)"
 ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU), i386 kfreebsd-i386 mips mipsel armel hurd-i386))