--- borgbackup-1.4.1/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py.orig
+++ borgbackup-1.4.1/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
@@ -4852,6 +4852,7 @@
 
 
     @requires_hardlinks
+    @pytest.mark.skip(reason="fails: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/8740")
     def test_multiple_link_exclusion(self):
         path_a = os.path.join(self.input_path, 'a')
         path_b = os.path.join(self.input_path, 'b')