diff --git a/changelog/794.trivial.md b/changelog/794.trivial.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65a50546c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/794.trivial.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Skip the ``test_solve_cmip7_aft`` integration test while ilamb reference fields are loaded without dask chunks, which makes the end-to-end solve run for hours on CI.
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_cmip7_aft.py b/tests/integration/test_cmip7_aft.py
index d28916eb6..372c784e7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_cmip7_aft.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_cmip7_aft.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def config_cmip7_aft(config):
     return config
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="Re-enable once ilamb3 loads references lazily.")
 @pytest.mark.slow
 def test_solve_cmip7_aft(
     sample_data_dir,