diff --git a/tests/code_coverage_tests/recursive_detector.py b/tests/code_coverage_tests/recursive_detector.py
index c26d1669a8..1a3a3260f7 100644
--- a/tests/code_coverage_tests/recursive_detector.py
+++ b/tests/code_coverage_tests/recursive_detector.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ IGNORE_FUNCTIONS = [
     "_fix_enum_types",  # max depth set.
     "_collect_argument_paths",  # max depth set.
     "_split_text",  # max depth set.
+    "_delete_nested_value_custom",  # max depth set (bounded by number of path segments).
 ]