diff --git a/test/e2e/db.js b/test/e2e/db.js
index 31ed956e..752996b8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/db.js
+++ b/test/e2e/db.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const cfg = {
 	maxLatitude: 55.030671,
 	minLongitude: 6.896517,
 	maxLongitude: 16.180237,
+	validateJourneyTickets: false, // don't validate a journey's tickets
 };
 
 const validate = createValidate(cfg);
@@ -122,17 +123,21 @@ tap.test('journeys – Berlin Schwedter Str. to München Hbf', async (t) => {
 	});
 	// todo: find a journey where there pricing info is always available
 	for (let journey of res.journeys) {
-		if (journey.price) {
-			assertValidPrice(t, journey.price);
-		}
-		if (journey.tickets) {
-			assertValidTickets(t, journey.tickets);
-		}
+		// It seems like the DB endpoint doesn't return (valid) prices/fares/tickets anymore.
+		// see https://github.com/public-transport/hafas-client/issues/331
+		// if (journey.price) {
+		// 	assertValidPrice(t, journey.price);
+		// }
+		// if (journey.tickets) {
+		// 	assertValidTickets(t, journey.tickets);
+		// }
 	}
 	t.end();
 });
 
-tap.test('refreshJourney – valid tickets', async (t) => {
+// It seems like the DB endpoint doesn't return (valid) prices/fares/tickets anymore.
+// see https://github.com/public-transport/hafas-client/issues/331
+tap.skip('refreshJourney – valid tickets', async (t) => {
 	const T_MOCK = 1710831600 * 1000; // 2024-03-19T08:00:00+01:00
 	const when = createWhen(dbProfile.timezone, dbProfile.locale, T_MOCK);
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/lib/validators.js b/test/e2e/lib/validators.js
index 0cf07b76..778aece1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/lib/validators.js
+++ b/test/e2e/lib/validators.js
@@ -411,23 +411,25 @@ const createValidateJourneyLeg = (cfg) => {
 	return validateJourneyLeg;
 };
 
-const validateJourney = (val, j, name = 'journey') => {
-	const withFakeId = Object.assign({
-		id: 'foo', // todo: let hafas-client parse a journey ID
-	}, j);
-	defaultValidators.journey(val, withFakeId, name);
-	// todo: j.refreshToken
-
-	if ('tickets' in j) {
-		a.ok(Array.isArray(j.tickets), name + '.tickets must be an array');
-		a.ok(j.tickets.length > 0, name + '.tickets must not be empty');
-
-		for (let i = 0; i < j.tickets.length; i++) {
-			val.ticket(val, j.tickets[i], name + `.tickets[${i}]`);
+const createValidateJourney = (cfg) => {
+	const validateJourney = (val, j, name = 'journey') => {
+		const withFakeId = Object.assign({
+			id: 'foo', // todo: let hafas-client parse a journey ID
+		}, j);
+		defaultValidators.journey(val, withFakeId, name);
+		// todo: j.refreshToken
+
+		if (cfg.validateJourneyTickets !== false && 'tickets' in j) {
+			a.ok(Array.isArray(j.tickets), name + '.tickets must be an array');
+			a.ok(j.tickets.length > 0, name + '.tickets must not be empty');
+
+			for (let i = 0; i < j.tickets.length; i++) {
+				val.ticket(val, j.tickets[i], name + `.tickets[${i}]`);
+			}
 		}
-	}
+	};
+	return validateJourney;
 };
-const createValidateJourney = () => validateJourney;
 
 const validateJourneys = (val, js, name = 'journeys') => {
 	a.ok(Array.isArray(js), name + ' must be an array');