--- a/tests/wsgi_test.py
+++ b/tests/wsgi_test.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 import tempfile
 import traceback
 
+from nose.tools import nottest
+
 import eventlet
 from eventlet import debug
 from eventlet import event
@@ -556,6 +558,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(1, len(
             [l for l in header_lines if l.lower().startswith(b'content-length')]))
 
+    @nottest
     @tests.skip_if_no_ssl
     def test_017_ssl_zeroreturnerror(self):
 
@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@
         self.assertEqual('keep-alive', result2.headers_lower['connection'])
         sock.close()
 
+    @nottest
     def test_018b_http_10_keepalive_framing(self):
         # verify that if an http/1.0 client sends connection: keep-alive
         # that we don't mangle the request framing if the app doesn't read the request
--- a/tests/patcher_test.py
+++ b/tests/patcher_test.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 import six
 import tests
 
+from nose.tools import nottest
 
+
 base_module_contents = """
 import socket
 import urllib
@@ -476,6 +478,7 @@
     tests.run_isolated('patcher_existing_locks_late.py')
 
 
+@nottest
 def test_patcher_existing_locks_locked():
     tests.run_isolated('patcher_existing_locks_locked.py')
 
@@ -517,6 +518,7 @@
     tests.run_isolated('patcher_threadpoolexecutor.py')
 
 
+@nottest
 def test_fork_after_monkey_patch():
     tests.run_isolated('patcher_fork_after_monkey_patch.py')