diff --git a/gio/tests/desktop-app-info.c b/gio/tests/desktop-app-info.c
index f49db4af7..81804a816 100644
--- a/gio/tests/desktop-app-info.c
+++ b/gio/tests/desktop-app-info.c
@@ -1182,6 +1182,7 @@ test_id (void)
   g_free (result);
 }
 
+#if !defined(__FreeBSD__)
 static const char *
 get_terminal_divider (const char *terminal_name)
 {
@@ -1208,10 +1209,15 @@ get_terminal_divider (const char *terminal_name)
 
   g_return_val_if_reached (NULL);
 }
+#endif
 
 static void
 test_launch_uris_with_terminal (gconstpointer data)
 {
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+  /* FIXME: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2781 */
+  g_test_skip ("/proc pipe sharing currently doesn’t work reliably on FreeBSD CI");
+#else
   int fds[2];
   const char *terminal_exec = data;
   char *old_path;
@@ -1337,6 +1343,7 @@ test_launch_uris_with_terminal (gconstpointer data)
   g_clear_error (&error);
   g_clear_list (&paths, NULL);
   g_clear_list (&uris, g_free);
+#endif
 }
 
 static void