diff --git a/test/system/700-play.bats b/test/system/700-play.bats
index 01c6ef59c8..99b750b849 100644
--- a/test/system/700-play.bats
+++ b/test/system/700-play.bats
@@ -237,9 +237,11 @@ EOF
 }
 
 @test "podman kube --network" {
+    skip_if_rootless_cgroupsv1 "Test will never be supported, see #17582."
     TESTDIR=$PODMAN_TMPDIR/testdir
     mkdir -p $TESTDIR
     echo "$testYaml" | sed "s|TESTDIR|${TESTDIR}|g" > $PODMAN_TMPDIR/test.yaml
+
     run_podman kube play --network host $PODMAN_TMPDIR/test.yaml
     is "$output" "Pod:.*" "podman kube play should work with --network host"