diff --git a/testing/py3-pdal/APKBUILD b/testing/py3-pdal/APKBUILD
index 8d50bd562e2..3e566052390 100644
--- a/testing/py3-pdal/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/py3-pdal/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Bradley J Chambers <brad.chambers@gmail.com>
 pkgname=py3-pdal
 pkgver=3.4.5
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="PDAL Python bindings"
 url="https://github.com/pdal/python"
 arch="all"
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ checkdepends="pdal py3-pytest"
 makedepends="python3-dev pdal-dev py3-scikit-build-core py3-numpy-dev cmake ninja py3-pybind11-dev py3-gpep517"
 subpackages="$pkgname-pyc"
 source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/PDAL/python/archive/$pkgver.tar.gz
-	tests.patch
 	"
 builddir="$srcdir/python-$pkgver"
 
@@ -35,7 +34,10 @@ build() {
 check() {
 	python3 -m venv --clear --without-pip --system-site-packages .testenv
 	.testenv/bin/python3 -m installer .dist/*.whl
-	.testenv/bin/python3 -m pytest test
+	.testenv/bin/python3 -m pytest test -k "not test_pipeline[sort.json] \
+						and not test_pipeline[sort.py] \
+						and not test_meshio[mesh.json] \
+						and not test_meshio[mesh.py]"
 }
 
 package() {
@@ -45,5 +47,4 @@ package() {
 
 sha512sums="
 1a84c24924e751f117e17b3b9c1362f854aeacce43744bddef5d05de2080ecf6148b97c50ce245670c8f04e3727422e8fd2aeef00a48f05c58131f686abafadb  py3-pdal-3.4.5.tar.gz
-edd1e2b583f3370a86ac87e9e8735c045886b918deb40dccb376d2ed52544a982a00cba3be521c80e4d4f967ed71a437ab8ec2db4cf2de9d4f22e437f7126f41  tests.patch
 "
diff --git a/testing/py3-pdal/tests.patch b/testing/py3-pdal/tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f274cc185dc..00000000000
--- a/testing/py3-pdal/tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-meshio is not available
-
---- a/test/test_pipeline.py
-+++ b/test/test_pipeline.py
-@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ class TestMesh:
-         assert m[0][0] == 29
- 
-     @pytest.mark.parametrize("filename", ["mesh.json", "mesh.py"])
-+    @pytest.mark.skip()
-     def test_meshio(self, filename):
-         r = get_pipeline(filename)
-         r.execute()