diff --git a/test/unittests/skills/test_mycroft_skill_get_response.py b/test/unittests/skills/test_mycroft_skill_get_response.py
index 0970c92dd2f..b8b9f9ac24b 100644
--- a/test/unittests/skills/test_mycroft_skill_get_response.py
+++ b/test/unittests/skills/test_mycroft_skill_get_response.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Tests for the mycroft skill's get_response variations."""
 
 import time
+import unittest
 from os.path import dirname, join
 from threading import Thread
 from unittest import TestCase, mock, skip
@@ -54,8 +55,8 @@ def create_skill(mock_conf, lang='en-us'):
     return skill
 
 
+@skip("TODO - refactor for new event based get_response")
 class TestMycroftSkillWaitResponse(TestCase):
-    @skip("TODO - refactor for new event based get_response")
     def test_wait(self):
         """Ensure that _wait_response() returns the response from converse."""
         skill = create_skill()
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ def test_get_response_text(self):
                                               expect_response=True,
                                               wait=True)
 
+    @unittest.skip("TODO - modernize")
     def test_get_response_no_dialog(self):
         """Check that when no dialog/text is provided listening is triggered.
         """