diff --git a/.zuul.d/cross-jobs.yaml b/.zuul.d/cross-jobs.yaml
index 189889e662..792dd977e7 100644
--- a/.zuul.d/cross-jobs.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.d/cross-jobs.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
     parent: requirements-cross-test
     description: Run cross-project tests on cinder with py35.
     required-projects: openstack/cinder
+    # cinder seems to have very nasty races in its unit tests
+    voting: false
     vars:
       tox_envlist: py35
 
diff --git a/.zuul.d/project.yaml b/.zuul.d/project.yaml
index 7a2dc9d00a..bb83c1acbb 100644
--- a/.zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
             branches: ^(?!stable/(newton|ocata|pike)).*$
         - requirements-tox-validate-projects
         - cross-cinder-py27
-        - cross-cinder-py35:
-            branches: ^(?!stable/(newton|ocata)).*$
         - cross-glance-py27
         - cross-glance-py35:
             branches: ^(?!stable/(newton|ocata)).*$