diff --git a/.test_patterns.yml b/.test_patterns.yml
index 098f71697288..c1563e5bc8a2 100644
--- a/.test_patterns.yml
+++ b/.test_patterns.yml
@@ -42,21 +42,8 @@ tests:
     owners:
       - *luke
   - regex: "barretenberg/acir_tests/scripts/run_test_browser.sh"
-    error_regex: "Out of bounds memory access"
     owners:
       - *luke
-  - regex: "barretenberg/acir_tests/scripts/run_test_browser.sh"
-    error_regex: "Sumcheck verification failed."
-    owners:
-      - *luke
-  - regex: "barretenberg/acir_tests/scripts/run_test_browser.sh verify_honk_proof"
-    error_regex: "verified: false"
-    owners:
-      - *sergei
-  - regex: "barretenberg/acir_tests/scripts/run_test_browser.sh verify_honk_proof"
-    error_regex: "timeout: sending signal TERM to command"
-    owners:
-      - *adam
   - regex: "barretenberg/acir_tests/scripts/run_test_browser.sh"
     error_regex: "Failed to fetch"
     owners:
@@ -92,15 +79,11 @@ tests:
     error_regex: "Received promise resolved instead of rejected"
     owners:
       - *sean
-  - regex: "simple e2e_p2p/validators_sentinel"
-    error_regex: "TimeoutError: Timeout awaiting blocks mined"
-    owners:
-      - *palla
-  - regex: "simple e2e_p2p/reqresp"
+  - regex: "simple e2e_p2p"
     error_regex: "TimeoutError: Timeout awaiting blocks mined"
     owners:
       - *palla
-  - regex: "simple e2e_p2p/reqresp"
+  - regex: "simple e2e_p2p"
     error_regex: "TimeoutError: Timeout awaiting isMined"
     owners:
       - *palla
@@ -187,11 +170,9 @@ tests:
       - *grego
 
   # kind tests
-  - regex: "spartan/bootstrap.sh test-kind-smoke"
-    error_regex: "job smoke-aztec-network-setup-l2-contracts failed: BackoffLimitExceeded"
-    owners:
-      - *alex
   - regex: "spartan/bootstrap.sh"
+    # Will skip all kind tests for now. Too unstable, blocking merge queue.
+    skip: true
     error_regex: "timeout: sending signal TERM to command"
     owners:
       - *alex
@@ -199,6 +180,10 @@ tests:
     error_regex: "cp: cannot create regular file"
     owners:
       - *alex
+  - regex: "spartan/bootstrap.sh test-kind-smoke"
+    error_regex: "job smoke-aztec-network-setup-l2-contracts failed: BackoffLimitExceeded"
+    owners:
+      - *alex
 
   # aztec-up
   - regex: "aztec-up/scripts/run_test.sh"
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/bootstrap.sh b/yarn-project/end-to-end/bootstrap.sh
index 2d8744f47bc1..9f806e484a39 100755
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/bootstrap.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ function test_cmds {
 
   # Longest-running tests first
   echo "$hash timeout -v 900s $run_test_script simple e2e_block_building"
+  echo "$hash timeout -v 660s $run_test_script simple e2e_pending_note_hashes_contract"
 
   echo "$prefix simple e2e_2_pxes"
   echo "$prefix simple e2e_account_contracts"
@@ -95,7 +96,6 @@ function test_cmds {
   echo "$prefix simple e2e_p2p/upgrade_governance_proposer"
   echo "$prefix simple e2e_p2p/validators_sentinel"
 
-  echo "$prefix simple e2e_pending_note_hashes_contract"
   echo "$prefix simple e2e_private_voting_contract"
   echo "$prefix simple e2e_pruned_blocks"
   echo "$prefix simple e2e_public_testnet_transfer"