diff --git a/scripts/test_urls.py b/scripts/test_urls.py
index 7484776ea217a1d54a258efd3b1ebe5c5e914b3e..8975e90c6b2634a2f1006d9c7eb3e6bf448175b8 100755
--- a/scripts/test_urls.py
+++ b/scripts/test_urls.py
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ import sys
 import traceback
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 import urllib3
+import fnmatch
 
+EXCLUDE = [
+    "*://lavaphabbridge.apertis.org",   #
+    "*://lavaphabbridge.apertis.org/*", # it's slooooooow
+]
 
 def get_link(url):
     link = url.group("link")
@@ -24,6 +29,10 @@ def get_link(url):
     url = url._replace(fragment="")
     link = url.geturl()
 
+    for exclude in EXCLUDE:
+        if fnmatch.fnmatch(link, exclude):
+            return
+
     if not link in urls:
         urls.append(link)