diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-web.scm b/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
index e34723c1f4..a45cf3e28b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
@@ -3608,6 +3608,8 @@ program would be built.")
     (license license:bsd-3)))
 
 (define-public httpie
+  ;; XXX: Project is unmaintained, see:
+  ;; <https://github.com/httpie/cli/issues/1661>.
   (package
     (name "httpie")
     (version "3.2.4")
@@ -3645,7 +3647,8 @@ program would be built.")
                "::test_terminal_output_request_charset_detection")
               (string-append
                "--deselect=tests/test_encoding.py"
-               "::test_terminal_output_response_charset_detection"))))
+               "::test_terminal_output_response_charset_detection")
+              "--deselect=tests/test_cli_ui.py::test_naked_invocation")))
     (native-inputs (list python-pytest
                          python-pytest-httpbin
                          python-pytest-mock