diff --git a/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/context.py b/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/context.py
index 68696ea0a..bc1ebe092 100644
--- a/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/context.py
+++ b/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/context.py
@@ -300,3 +300,11 @@ def with_phases(phases, other_phases=None):
             return ret
         return wrapper
     return decorator
+
+
+def disable_process_reveal_deadlines(fn):
+    def entry(*args, spec: Spec, **kw):
+        if hasattr(spec, 'process_reveal_deadlines'):
+            spec.process_reveal_deadlines = lambda state: None
+        return fn(*args, spec=spec, **kw)
+    return with_meta_tags({'reveal_deadlines_setting': 1})(entry)
diff --git a/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/phase0/sanity/test_blocks.py b/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/phase0/sanity/test_blocks.py
index 6d7ff096a..973dd3ae4 100644
--- a/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/phase0/sanity/test_blocks.py
+++ b/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/phase0/sanity/test_blocks.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from eth2spec.test.helpers.shard_transitions import get_shard_transition_of_comm
 from eth2spec.test.context import (
     PHASE0, PHASE1,
     spec_state_test, with_all_phases, expect_assertion_error, always_bls, with_phases,
+    disable_process_reveal_deadlines,
 )
 
 
@@ -762,8 +763,9 @@ def prepare_signed_exits(spec, state, indices):
 # exceeding the minimal-config randao mixes memory size.
 # Applies to all voluntary-exit sanity block tests.
 
-@with_phases([PHASE0])
+@with_all_phases
 @spec_state_test
+@disable_process_reveal_deadlines
 def test_voluntary_exit(spec, state):
     validator_index = spec.get_active_validator_indices(state, spec.get_current_epoch(state))[-1]
 
@@ -811,8 +813,9 @@ def test_double_validator_exit_same_block(spec, state):
     yield 'post', None
 
 
-@with_phases([PHASE0])
+@with_all_phases
 @spec_state_test
+@disable_process_reveal_deadlines
 def test_multiple_different_validator_exits_same_block(spec, state):
     validator_indices = [
         spec.get_active_validator_indices(state, spec.get_current_epoch(state))[i]
diff --git a/tests/formats/README.md b/tests/formats/README.md
index 63b9a5390..36a5ec21b 100644
--- a/tests/formats/README.md
+++ b/tests/formats/README.md
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ bls_setting: int     -- optional, can have 3 different values:
                                  but there is no change of outcome when running the test if BLS is ON or OFF.
                             1: known as "BLS required" - if the test validity is strictly dependent on BLS being ON
                             2: known as "BLS ignored"  - if the test validity is strictly dependent on BLS being OFF
+reveal_deadlines_setting:   -- optional, can have 2 different values:
+                            0: default, `process_reveal_deadlines` is ON.
+                            1: `process_reveal_deadlines` is OFF.
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/tests/formats/sanity/blocks.md b/tests/formats/sanity/blocks.md
index 991bc35d2..44b37ed5e 100644
--- a/tests/formats/sanity/blocks.md
+++ b/tests/formats/sanity/blocks.md
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ Sanity tests to cover a series of one or more blocks being processed, aiming to
 ### `meta.yaml`
 
 ```yaml
-description: string    -- Optional. Description of test case, purely for debugging purposes.
-bls_setting: int       -- see general test-format spec.
-blocks_count: int      -- the number of blocks processed in this test.
+description: string            -- Optional. Description of test case, purely for debugging purposes.
+bls_setting: int               -- see general test-format spec.
+reveal_deadlines_setting: int  -- see general test-format spec.
+blocks_count: int              -- the number of blocks processed in this test.
 ```