diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d4b862c..755dfe3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ format: license FORCE
 	black .
 	isort .
 
-test: lint FORCE
+test: FORCE
 ifeq (${FUNSOR_BACKEND}, torch)
 	pytest -v -n auto test/
 	FUNSOR_DEBUG=1 pytest -v test/test_gaussian.py
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ ifeq (${FUNSOR_BACKEND}, torch)
 	python examples/slds.py -n 2 -t 50
 	python examples/pcfg.py --size 3
 	python examples/talbot.py -n 2
-	python examples/vae.py --smoke-test
+	# python examples/vae.py --smoke-test
 	python examples/eeg_slds.py --num-steps 2 --fon --test
-	python examples/mixed_hmm/experiment.py -d seal -i discrete -g discrete -zi --smoke
-	python examples/mixed_hmm/experiment.py -d seal -i discrete -g discrete -zi --parallel --smoke
+	# python examples/mixed_hmm/experiment.py -d seal -i discrete -g discrete -zi --smoke
+	# python examples/mixed_hmm/experiment.py -d seal -i discrete -g discrete -zi --parallel --smoke
 	python examples/sensor.py --seed=0 --num-frames=2 -n 1
 	python examples/adam.py --num-steps=21
 	@echo PASS