diff --git a/src/ci/azure-pipelines/auto.yml b/src/ci/azure-pipelines/auto.yml
index 77c9cda58b8..1656066eb29 100644
--- a/src/ci/azure-pipelines/auto.yml
+++ b/src/ci/azure-pipelines/auto.yml
@@ -236,10 +236,16 @@ jobs:
         MSYS_BITS: 32
         RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS: --build=i686-pc-windows-msvc
         SCRIPT: make ci-subset-1
+        # FIXME(#59637)
+        NO_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS: 1
+        NO_LLVM_ASSERTIONS: 1
       i686-msvc-2:
         MSYS_BITS: 32
         RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS: --build=i686-pc-windows-msvc
         SCRIPT: make ci-subset-2
+        # FIXME(#59637)
+        NO_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS: 1
+        NO_LLVM_ASSERTIONS: 1
       # MSVC aux tests
       x86_64-msvc-aux:
         MSYS_BITS: 64
@@ -250,6 +256,9 @@ jobs:
         SCRIPT: python x.py test src/tools/cargotest src/tools/cargo
         RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS: --build=x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
         VCVARS_BAT: vcvars64.bat
+        # FIXME(#59637)
+        NO_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS: 1
+        NO_LLVM_ASSERTIONS: 1
       # MSVC tools tests
       x86_64-msvc-tools:
         MSYS_BITS: 64
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/i686-gnu-nopt/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/i686-gnu-nopt/Dockerfile
index 2041ba50bc9..517b59c38dc 100644
--- a/src/ci/docker/i686-gnu-nopt/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/ci/docker/i686-gnu-nopt/Dockerfile
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ RUN sh /scripts/sccache.sh
 
 ENV RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS --build=i686-unknown-linux-gnu --disable-optimize-tests
 ENV SCRIPT python2.7 ../x.py test
+
+# FIXME(#59637) takes too long on CI right now
+ENV NO_LLVM_ASSERTIONS=1 NO_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS=1
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/i686-gnu/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/i686-gnu/Dockerfile
index 17441ddb454..03db3ba0995 100644
--- a/src/ci/docker/i686-gnu/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/ci/docker/i686-gnu/Dockerfile
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ ENV SCRIPT python2.7 ../x.py test \
   --exclude src/test/rustdoc-js \
   --exclude src/tools/error_index_generator \
   --exclude src/tools/linkchecker
+
+# FIXME(#59637) takes too long on CI right now
+ENV NO_LLVM_ASSERTIONS=1 NO_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS=1