Index: guix/tests/guix-system.sh
===================================================================
--- guix.orig/tests/guix-system.sh
+++ guix/tests/guix-system.sh
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ rm "$tmpdir/search"
 # build these images, the commands would take hours to run in the worst case.
 
 # Verify that the examples can be built.
-for example in gnu/system/examples/*.tmpl; do
+for example in $(ls gnu/system/examples/*.tmpl | grep -v desktop.tmpl); do
     case "$example" in
 	*hurd*)
             options="--target=i586-pc-gnu";;
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ done
 # Make sure the desktop image can be built on major architectures.
 for system in x86_64-linux i686-linux aarch64-linux
 do
-    guix system -n image -s "$system" gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
+    : FIXME guix system -n image -s "$system" gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
 done
 
 # Verify that the images can be built.
