diff --git a/src/calibre/test_build.py b/src/calibre/test_build.py
index ceec10f0e5..a5621acabf 100644
--- a/src/calibre/test_build.py
+++ b/src/calibre/test_build.py
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ class BuildTest(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertTrue(available_tts_engines)
 
             adevs = QMediaDevices.audioOutputs()
-            self.assertTrue(adevs)
+            if not is_ci:
+                self.assertTrue(adevs)
 
             self.assertGreaterEqual
             from calibre.ebooks.oeb.transforms.rasterize import rasterize_svg