diff -Nru pandas-0.25.3+dfsg2/debian/changelog pandas-0.25.3+dfsg2/debian/changelog
--- pandas-0.25.3+dfsg2/debian/changelog	2020-08-16 19:09:14.000000000 +0000
+++ pandas-0.25.3+dfsg2/debian/changelog	2020-08-20 17:49:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+pandas (0.25.3+dfsg2-5+rpi1) bullseye-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  [changes brought forward from 0.25.3+dfsg-9+rpi1 by Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org> at Thu, 09 Apr 2020 03:11:32 +0000]
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Raspbian forward porter <root@raspbian.org>  Thu, 20 Aug 2020 17:49:19 +0000
+
 pandas (0.25.3+dfsg2-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Tests: ignore rounding difference on i386.  (Closes: #968208)
diff -Nru pandas-0.25.3+dfsg2/debian/rules pandas-0.25.3+dfsg2/debian/rules
--- pandas-0.25.3+dfsg2/debian/rules	2020-08-09 18:46:16.000000000 +0000
+++ pandas-0.25.3+dfsg2/debian/rules	2020-08-20 17:49:19.000000000 +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=$*; \