diff --git a/mysql-test/t/named_pipe.test b/mysql-test/t/named_pipe.test
index 0e6c963024f..23a11d61222 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/named_pipe.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/named_pipe.test
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # other platforms
 --source include/windows.inc
 
+# thread pool causes different results
+-- source include/not_threadpool.inc
+
 # Only run this test if named pipe is avaliable
 let $nmp= query_get_value("SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'named_pipe'", Value, 1);
 if ($nmp != ON){
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/shm.test b/mysql-test/t/shm.test
index 0f880e58741..4c765c43c1b 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/shm.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/shm.test
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # to optimize things we skip this test on all other platforms
 --source include/windows.inc
 
+# thread pool causes different results
+-- source include/not_threadpool.inc
+
 # Only run this test if shared memory is avaliable
 let $shm= query_get_value("SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'shared_memory'", Value, 1);
 if ($shm != ON){