diff --git a/common/SConscript b/common/SConscript
index 52b3adf1d332c7..829db6eeec0cc9 100644
--- a/common/SConscript
+++ b/common/SConscript
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Export('_common', '_gpucommon')
 
 if GetOption('extras'):
   env.Program('tests/test_common',
-              ['tests/test_runner.cc', 'tests/test_params.cc', 'tests/test_util.cc', 'tests/test_swaglog.cc', 'tests/test_ratekeeper.cc'],
+              ['tests/test_runner.cc', 'tests/test_params.cc', 'tests/test_util.cc', 'tests/test_swaglog.cc'],
               LIBS=[_common, 'json11', 'zmq', 'pthread'])
 
 # Cython bindings
diff --git a/common/tests/test_ratekeeper.cc b/common/tests/test_ratekeeper.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 32c7dfe58cc53a..00000000000000
--- a/common/tests/test_ratekeeper.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#include "catch2/catch.hpp"
-#include "common/ratekeeper.h"
-#include "common/timing.h"
-#include "common/util.h"
-
-TEST_CASE("RateKeeper") {
-  float freq = GENERATE(10, 50, 100);
-  RateKeeper rk("Test RateKeeper", freq);
-
-  int lags = 0;
-  int bad_keep_times = 0;
-  for (int i = 0; i < freq; ++i) {
-    double begin = seconds_since_boot();
-    util::sleep_for(util::random_int(0, 1000.0 / freq - 1));
-    bool lagged = rk.keepTime();
-    lags += lagged;
-    bad_keep_times += (seconds_since_boot() - begin - (1 / freq)) > 1e-3;
-  }
-
-  // need a tolerance here due to scheduling
-  REQUIRE(lags < 5);
-  REQUIRE(bad_keep_times < 5);
-}
diff --git a/selfdrive/navd/tests/test_map_renderer.py b/selfdrive/navd/tests/test_map_renderer.py
index d336ffb6517511..d056198becc977 100755
--- a/selfdrive/navd/tests/test_map_renderer.py
+++ b/selfdrive/navd/tests/test_map_renderer.py
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ def test_with_no_internet(self):
     self._run_test(False)
 
   @with_processes(["mapsd"])
+  @pytest.mark.skip(reason="slow, flaky, and unlikely to break")
   def test_recover_from_no_internet(self):
     self._setup_test()
     self._run_test(True)
diff --git a/system/proclogd/tests/test_proclog.cc b/system/proclogd/tests/test_proclog.cc
index 613c3261668e60..b86229a4996cd1 100644
--- a/system/proclogd/tests/test_proclog.cc
+++ b/system/proclogd/tests/test_proclog.cc
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Parser::cmdline") {
   test_cmdline(std::string("a\0b\0c\0\0\0", 9), {"a", "b", "c"});
 }
 
-TEST_CASE("buildProcLogerMessage") {
+TEST_CASE("buildProcLoggerMessage") {
   MessageBuilder msg;
   buildProcLogMessage(msg);
 
@@ -137,18 +137,6 @@ TEST_CASE("buildProcLogerMessage") {
       REQUIRE(p.getState() == 'R');
       REQUIRE_THAT(p.getExe().cStr(), Catch::Matchers::Contains("test_proclog"));
       REQUIRE_THAT(p.getCmdline()[0], Catch::Matchers::Contains("test_proclog"));
-    } else {
-      std::string cmd_path = "/proc/" + std::to_string(p.getPid()) + "/cmdline";
-      if (util::file_exists(cmd_path)) {
-        std::ifstream stream(cmd_path);
-        auto cmdline = Parser::cmdline(stream);
-        REQUIRE(cmdline.size() == p.getCmdline().size());
-        for (int i = 0; i < p.getCmdline().size(); ++i) {
-          // do not check the cmdline of pytest as it will change.
-          if (cmdline[i].find("[pytest") || std::string(p.getCmdline()[i]).find("[pytest")) continue; 
-          REQUIRE(cmdline[i] == p.getCmdline()[i].cStr());
-        }
-      }
     }
   }
 }