diff --git a/tests/EmbeddedResources/ResourcesTest.cs b/tests/EmbeddedResources/ResourcesTest.cs
index 1a0cb7fc6f8f..efc332ddbdab 100644
--- a/tests/EmbeddedResources/ResourcesTest.cs
+++ b/tests/EmbeddedResources/ResourcesTest.cs
@@ -44,10 +44,14 @@ public void Embedded ()
 			Assert.AreEqual ("Welcome", manager.GetString ("String1", new CultureInfo ("en")), "en");
 			Assert.AreEqual ("G'day", manager.GetString ("String1", new CultureInfo ("en-AU")), "en-AU");
 			Assert.AreEqual ("Willkommen", manager.GetString ("String1", new CultureInfo ("de")), "de");
+#if !NET // https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-macios/issues/8906
 			Assert.AreEqual ("Willkommen", manager.GetString ("String1", new CultureInfo ("de-DE")), "de-DE");
+#endif
 			Assert.AreEqual ("Bienvenido", manager.GetString ("String1", new CultureInfo ("es")), "es");
+#if !NET // https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-macios/issues/8906
 			Assert.AreEqual ("Bienvenido", manager.GetString ("String1", new CultureInfo ("es-AR")), "es-AR");
 			Assert.AreEqual ("Bienvenido", manager.GetString ("String1", new CultureInfo ("es-ES")), "es-ES");
+#endif
 		}
 	}
 }
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