diff --git a/tasks/rosetta/install_error_summary.yml b/tasks/rosetta/install_error_summary.yml
index f58ec56e6d40bc13c1420294369b490cf57cac71..5154fca4fb19fdc2fb339cfe8d9e9667091edcfe 100644
--- a/tasks/rosetta/install_error_summary.yml
+++ b/tasks/rosetta/install_error_summary.yml
@@ -59,3 +59,4 @@
   ansible.builtin.systemd:
     name: "error-summary.timer"
     state: started
+  tags: [molecule-notest]    # disable Molecule testing; we don't want it to spew mails from the test VM if it happens to run longer than expected