diff --git a/tests/test_multipart_encoder.py b/tests/test_multipart_encoder.py
index 575f54c..73a880e 100644
--- a/tests/test_multipart_encoder.py
+++ b/tests/test_multipart_encoder.py
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ class TestFileFromURLWrapper(unittest.TestCase):
         s = requests.Session()
         self.recorder = get_betamax(s)
 
+    @unittest.skip("test requires internet access")
     def test_read_file(self):
         url = ('https://stxnext.com/static/img/logo.830ebe551641.svg')
         with self.recorder.use_cassette(
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ class TestFileFromURLWrapper(unittest.TestCase):
             assert chunk == b'ww.w3.org/'
             assert self.instance.len == 5147
 
+    @unittest.skip("test requires internet access")
     def test_no_content_length_header(self):
         url = (
             'https://api.github.com/repos/sigmavirus24/github3.py/releases/'
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@ class TestMultipartEncoder(unittest.TestCase):
             m = MultipartEncoder([('field', 'foo'), ('file', fd)])
             assert m.read() is not None
 
+    @unittest.skip("test requires internet access")
     def test_reads_file_from_url_wrapper(self):
         s = requests.Session()
         recorder = get_betamax(s)