diff --git a/abipy/integration_tests/itest_ebands.py b/abipy/integration_tests/itest_ebands.py
index b1ade24b1..3c63ceb30 100644
--- a/abipy/integration_tests/itest_ebands.py
+++ b/abipy/integration_tests/itest_ebands.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 from abipy.core.testing import has_matplotlib
 
+import pytest
 
 def make_scf_nscf_inputs(tvars, pp_paths, nstep=50):
     """
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ def itest_unconverged_scf(fwp, tvars):
     #dt = t0.datetimes
     #assert (dt.submission, dt.start, dt.end) == (None, None, None)
 
-
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="there is currently no way to test this on the testfarm (builder scope_gnu_12.2_abipy )")
 def itest_bandstructure_flow(fwp, tvars):
     """
     Testing band-structure flow with one dependency: SCF -> NSCF.
@@ -401,7 +402,7 @@ def itest_htc_bandstructure(fwp, tvars):
                 assert not gsr.ebands.has_bzpath
                 gsr.ebands.get_edos()
 
-
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="there is currently no way to test this on the testfarm (builder scope_gnu_12.2_abipy )")
 def itest_metagga_ebands_flow(fwp, tvars):
     """
     Test band structure calculation with meta-GGA
diff --git a/abipy/integration_tests/itest_frohlich_zpr.py b/abipy/integration_tests/itest_frohlich_zpr.py
index a2c70e043..982b3969a 100644
--- a/abipy/integration_tests/itest_frohlich_zpr.py
+++ b/abipy/integration_tests/itest_frohlich_zpr.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 from abipy.dfpt.ddb import DdbFile
 
+import pytest
 
 def make_scf_input(usepaw=0):
     """Returns the GS input file"""
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ def make_scf_input(usepaw=0):
 
     return scf_input
 
-
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="there is currently no way to test this on the testfarm (builder scope_gnu_12.2_abipy )")
 def itest_frohlich_zpr_flow(fwp, tvars):
     """
     """
diff --git a/abipy/integration_tests/itest_gw.py b/abipy/integration_tests/itest_gw.py
index b55c31291..27bde72d5 100644
--- a/abipy/integration_tests/itest_gw.py
+++ b/abipy/integration_tests/itest_gw.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #from abipy.core.testing import has_abinit, has_matplotlib
 
+import pytest
 
 def make_g0w0_inputs(ngkpt, tvars):
     """
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ def make_g0w0_inputs(ngkpt, tvars):
 
     return multi.split_datasets()
 
-
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="there is currently no way to test this on the testfarm (builder scope_gnu_12.2_abipy )")
 def itest_g0w0_flow(fwp, tvars):
     """Test flow for G0W0 calculations."""
     scf, nscf, scr, sig = make_g0w0_inputs(ngkpt=[2, 2, 2], tvars=tvars)
diff --git a/abipy/integration_tests/itest_relaxations.py b/abipy/integration_tests/itest_relaxations.py
index b7a75be70..677557fec 100644
--- a/abipy/integration_tests/itest_relaxations.py
+++ b/abipy/integration_tests/itest_relaxations.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 from abipy.core.testing import has_matplotlib
 
+import pytest
 
 def ion_relaxation(tvars, ntime=50):
     structure = abilab.Structure.from_file(abidata.cif_file("si.cif"))
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ def ion_relaxation(tvars, ntime=50):
 
     return inp
 
-
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="there is currently no way to test this on the testfarm (builder scope_gnu_12.2_abipy )")
 def itest_atomic_relaxation(fwp, tvars):
     """Test atomic relaxation with automatic restart."""
     # Build the flow