diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index fc9949b83c..0b41b2dfd9 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@ addopts =
     examples/models/llama2/tests
     # exir
     exir/_serialize/test
-    exir/backend/test/test_graph_partition.py
-    exir/backend/test/test_backends_nested.py
-    exir/backend/test/test_debug_handle_map.py
-    exir/backend/test/test_delegate_map_builder.py
+    exir/backend/test
     exir/dialects/backend/test
     exir/dialects/edge/test
     exir/dialects/test
@@ -40,6 +37,11 @@ addopts =
     test/end2end/test_end2end.py
     --ignore=backends/xnnpack/test/ops/linear.py
     --ignore=backends/xnnpack/test/models/llama2_et_example.py
+    --ignore=exir/backend/test/demos
+    --ignore=exir/backend/test/test_backends.py
+    --ignore=exir/backend/test/test_backends_lifted.py
+    --ignore=exir/backend/test/test_lowered_backend_module.py
+    --ignore=exir/backend/test/test_partitioner.py
     --ignore=exir/tests/test_common.py
     --ignore=exir/tests/test_memory_format_ops_pass_aten.py
     --ignore=exir/tests/test_memory_planning.py