diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 0738c4573e..a9eb1400b6 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -61,9 +61,11 @@ freebsd_task:
     - pkg delete -y curl
     - python -m ensurepip --default-pip
     - python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-    - pip install "cryptography<3.2"
-    - pip install "pyOpenSSL<20.0"
-    - pip install "impacket"
+    # PYTHON/RUST/CRYPTO FAIL
+    # this currently fails with "error" in building rust crypto for python
+    #- pip install "cryptography<3.2"
+    #- pip install "pyOpenSSL<20.0"
+    #- pip install "impacket"
   configure_script:
     - autoreconf -fi
     # Building with the address sanitizer is causing unexplainable test issues due to timeouts
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ freebsd_task:
     - find . -type d -exec chmod 777 {} \;
     # The OpenSSH server instance for the testsuite cannot be started on FreeBSD,
     # therefore the SFTP and SCP tests are disabled right away from the beginning.
+    #
     - sudo -u nobody make V=1 TFLAGS="-n !SFTP !SCP" test-ci
   install_script:
     - make V=1 install