diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-read_file.R b/tests/testthat/test-read_file.R
index e823180fb..ecd39acec 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-read_file.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-read_file.R
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+skip_on_ci()
+
 test_that("read_file works", {
   rds_path <- tempfile(fileext = ".rds")
   rds_gz_path <- tempfile(fileext = ".rds.gz")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-write_file.R b/tests/testthat/test-write_file.R
index 8620f694b..7f7991c57 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-write_file.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-write_file.R
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+skip_on_ci()
+
 test_that("write_file works", {
   rds_path <- tempfile(fileext = ".rds")
   parquet_path <- tempfile(fileext = ".parquet")