diff --git a/app/components/InstrumentsDisplay.test.ts b/app/components/InstrumentsDisplay.test.ts
index fd1e1e2..4a93beb 100644
--- a/app/components/InstrumentsDisplay.test.ts
+++ b/app/components/InstrumentsDisplay.test.ts
@@ -42,3 +42,25 @@ test("createInstrumentGroups ignores instrument without any groups", () => {
     [instrument1].sort(),
   );
 });
+
+test("createInstrumentGroups ignores instrument which is a support machine", () => {
+  const instrument1Name = "INST1";
+  const commonScienceGroup = "MOLSPEC";
+  const instrument1 = {
+    name: instrument1Name,
+    scienceGroups: [commonScienceGroup],
+  };
+  const instrument2 = {
+    name: "someinstrumentwithnogroups",
+    scienceGroups: ["SUPPORT"],
+  };
+  const targetStations: Array<targetStation> = [
+    { targetStation: "TS0", instruments: [instrument1] },
+    { targetStation: "TS3", instruments: [instrument2] },
+  ];
+  const result = createInstrumentGroups(targetStations);
+
+  expect(result.get(commonScienceGroup)!.sort()).toStrictEqual(
+    [instrument1].sort(),
+  );
+});
diff --git a/app/components/InstrumentsDisplay.tsx b/app/components/InstrumentsDisplay.tsx
index 258909b..d30af51 100644
--- a/app/components/InstrumentsDisplay.tsx
+++ b/app/components/InstrumentsDisplay.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ import {
 import TargetStation from "@/app/components/TargetStation";
 import ScienceGroup from "@/app/components/ScienceGroup";
 
+// Ignore support machines for the instruments page.
+const instrumentsExcludeList = ["SUPPORT"];
+
 export function createInstrumentGroups(
   targetStations: Array<targetStation>,
 ): Map<string, Array<IfcInstrumentStatus>> {
@@ -24,11 +27,13 @@ export function createInstrumentGroups(
     for (const inst of targetStation.instruments) {
       if (inst.scienceGroups) {
         for (const group of inst.scienceGroups) {
-          if (!newInstrumentGroups.has(group)) {
-            // This is a new science group so create a new entry
-            newInstrumentGroups.set(group, []);
+          if (!instrumentsExcludeList.includes(group)) {
+            if (!newInstrumentGroups.has(group)) {
+              // This is a new science group so create a new entry
+              newInstrumentGroups.set(group, []);
+            }
+            newInstrumentGroups.get(group)!.push(inst);
           }
-          newInstrumentGroups.get(group)!.push(inst);
         }
       }
     }
@@ -36,6 +41,7 @@ export function createInstrumentGroups(
   return newInstrumentGroups;
 }
 
+/* c8 ignore start */
 export default function InstrumentsDisplay({
   sortByGroups = false,
 }: {
@@ -198,3 +204,4 @@ export default function InstrumentsDisplay({
     </div>
   );
 }
+/* c8 ignore end */
diff --git a/jest.config.ts b/jest.config.ts
index ed0e553..b544bb9 100644
--- a/jest.config.ts
+++ b/jest.config.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ const config: Config = {
     "!app/components/JenkinsJobsIframe.tsx", // relies on an external image
     "!app/components/ShowHideBeamInfo.tsx", // relies on an external image
     "!app/components/InstrumentData.tsx", // relies on websocket
-    "!app/components/InstrumentsDisplay.tsx", // relies on websocket
   ],
 };