diff --git a/sytest-blacklist b/sytest-blacklist
index da0667a1d..caad25455 100644
--- a/sytest-blacklist
+++ b/sytest-blacklist
@@ -35,3 +35,7 @@ Inbound federation rejects invites which are not signed by the sender
 
 # Blacklisted because we don't support ignores yet
 Ignore invite in incremental sync
+
+# Blacklisted because this test calls /r0/events which we don't implement
+New room members see their own join event
+Existing members see new members' join events
diff --git a/sytest-whitelist b/sytest-whitelist
index 147897cfc..3277cc59d 100644
--- a/sytest-whitelist
+++ b/sytest-whitelist
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ Request to logout with invalid an access token is rejected
 Request to logout without an access token is rejected
 Room creation reports m.room.create to myself
 Room creation reports m.room.member to myself
-New room members see their own join event
-Existing members see new members' join events
+# Blacklisted because these tests call /r0/events which we don't implement
+# New room members see their own join event
+# Existing members see new members' join events
 setting 'm.room.power_levels' respects room powerlevel
 Unprivileged users can set m.room.topic if it only needs level 0
 Users cannot set ban powerlevel higher than their own