diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index deb50e0..aede281 100755
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ class TestPypandoc(unittest.TestCase):
             received = pypandoc.convert_file(file_url, 'rst')
             self.assertEqualExceptForNewlineEnd(expected, received)
 
+    @unittest.skip("no network access during checkPhase")
     def test_basic_conversion_from_http_url(self):
         url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bebraw/pypandoc/master/README.md'
         received = pypandoc.convert_file(url, 'html')
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ class TestPypandoc(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, f)
 
+    @unittest.skip("pandoc-citeproc has been deprecated")
     def test_conversion_with_citeproc_filter(self):
         # we just want to get a temp file name, where we can write to
         filters = ['pandoc-citeproc']