diff --git a/postgres/tests/test.rs b/postgres/tests/test.rs
index 4276469d..ac654375 100644
--- a/postgres/tests/test.rs
+++ b/postgres/tests/test.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ fn test_connection_finish() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[cfg_attr(not(unix), ignore)]
+#[ignore] // doesn't work on our CI setup
 fn test_unix_connection() {
     let conn = or_panic!(Connection::connect(
         "postgres://postgres@localhost:5433",
diff --git a/tokio-postgres/src/test.rs b/tokio-postgres/src/test.rs
index a25e35a9..45fb0d47 100644
--- a/tokio-postgres/src/test.rs
+++ b/tokio-postgres/src/test.rs
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ fn transaction() {
 }
 
 #[test]
+#[ignore] // not supported on our CI setup :(
 fn unix_socket() {
     let mut l = Core::new().unwrap();
     let handle = l.handle();