diff --git a/ApiCore-Frontend/src/lib/label-templates/placeholder-keys.spec.ts b/ApiCore-Frontend/src/lib/label-templates/placeholder-keys.spec.ts
index e0fe0ad..a4b6751 100644
--- a/ApiCore-Frontend/src/lib/label-templates/placeholder-keys.spec.ts
+++ b/ApiCore-Frontend/src/lib/label-templates/placeholder-keys.spec.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
-import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { PLACEHOLDER_KEYS, PLACEHOLDER_LABELS } from "./placeholder-keys";
 
-describe("placeholder keys", () => {
-  it("the frontend list equals the backend fixture ApiCore-Backend/test/fixtures/placeholder-keys.json", () => {
-    // The monorepo sits next to the frontend; vitest runs from ApiCore-Frontend.
-    const fixture = path.resolve(
-      process.cwd(),
-      "../ApiCore-Backend/test/fixtures/placeholder-keys.json",
-    );
-    const backendKeys: unknown = JSON.parse(readFileSync(fixture, "utf8"));
+// The monorepo sits next to the frontend; vitest runs from ApiCore-Frontend.
+// The frontend image build only sees ApiCore-Frontend, so the comparison runs
+// in the monorepo checkout (local gates) and is skipped inside that build.
+const fixture = path.resolve(
+  process.cwd(),
+  "../ApiCore-Backend/test/fixtures/placeholder-keys.json",
+);
 
-    expect([...PLACEHOLDER_KEYS]).toEqual(backendKeys);
-  });
+describe("placeholder keys", () => {
+  it.skipIf(!existsSync(fixture))(
+    "the frontend list equals the backend fixture ApiCore-Backend/test/fixtures/placeholder-keys.json",
+    () => {
+      const backendKeys: unknown = JSON.parse(readFileSync(fixture, "utf8"));
+
+      expect([...PLACEHOLDER_KEYS]).toEqual(backendKeys);
+    },
+  );
 
   it("has a German label for every key", () => {
     for (const key of PLACEHOLDER_KEYS) {