--- a/tests/test_functionality.py
+++ b/tests/test_functionality.py
@@ -262,1 +262,2 @@ class BasicUsage(utils.YappiUnitTestCase):
+    @unittest.skip('wall-clock-time-sensitive')
     def test_get_clock(self):
@@ -363,2 +363,3 @@ class BasicUsage(utils.YappiUnitTestCase):
     @unittest.skipIf(os.name == "nt", "do not run on Windows")
+    @unittest.skip('broken-path')
     def test_run_as_script(self):
--- a/tests/test_hooks.py
+++ b/tests/test_hooks.py
@@ -127,1 +127,2 @@ class ContextIdCallbackTest(utils.YappiUnitTestCase):
+    @unittest.skip('wall-clock-time-sensitive')
     def test_pause_resume(self):