diff -Nru pandas-0.25.3+dfsg/debian/changelog pandas-0.25.3+dfsg/debian/changelog
--- pandas-0.25.3+dfsg/debian/changelog	2020-04-03 20:56:02.000000000 +0000
+++ pandas-0.25.3+dfsg/debian/changelog	2020-04-09 03:11:32.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+pandas (0.25.3+dfsg-9+rpi1) bullseye-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Thu, 09 Apr 2020 03:11:32 +0000
+
 pandas (0.25.3+dfsg-9) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Don't raise on import without matplotlib installed.  Add test of this.
diff -Nru pandas-0.25.3+dfsg/debian/rules pandas-0.25.3+dfsg/debian/rules
--- pandas-0.25.3+dfsg/debian/rules	2020-04-03 17:05:55.000000000 +0000
+++ pandas-0.25.3+dfsg/debian/rules	2020-04-09 03:11:32.000000000 +0000
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 	python$* setup.py install --install-layout=deb --root=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp
 
 python-test%: python-install%
-ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+ifeq (testsuitedisabled,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	echo "backend : Agg" >| $(CURDIR)/build/matplotlibrc
 	: # Run unittests here against installed pandas, in sections to avoid out-of-memory crash (#943732); exit code 5 means no tests in this file
 	echo "$*" | grep -q '^3' && PY=3 || PY=$*; \