diff --git a/node.gypi b/node.gypi
index 3636633c622abd..e66a10ac077a78 100644
--- a/node.gypi
+++ b/node.gypi
@@ -469,9 +469,10 @@
             './deps/ngtcp2/ngtcp2.gyp:ngtcp2',
             './deps/ngtcp2/ngtcp2.gyp:nghttp3',
 
-            # For tests
-            './deps/ngtcp2/ngtcp2.gyp:ngtcp2_test_server',
-            './deps/ngtcp2/ngtcp2.gyp:ngtcp2_test_client',
+            # Example implementations used in test suite
+            # TODO(@nodejs/quic): re-enable once builds support c++-23 headers
+            #'./deps/ngtcp2/ngtcp2.gyp:ngtcp2_test_server',
+            #'./deps/ngtcp2/ngtcp2.gyp:ngtcp2_test_client',
           ],
         }],
       ],
diff --git a/test/parallel/parallel.status b/test/parallel/parallel.status
index 5c7fe47927611f..ce015d029077bd 100644
--- a/test/parallel/parallel.status
+++ b/test/parallel/parallel.status
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ test-snapshot-incompatible: SKIP
 # https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/53579
 test-snapshot-reproducible: SKIP
 
+# ngtcp2's example implementations cannot be built without c++-23 headers.
+test-quic-test-client: SKIP
+test-quic-test-server: SKIP
+
 [$system==win32]
 # https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/59090
 test-inspector-network-fetch: PASS, FLAKY