diff --git a/python/tests/conftest.py b/python/tests/conftest.py
index b687b219f73..50bc7147f40 100644
--- a/python/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/python/tests/conftest.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     AZURE_TESTS_MARK,
     MONGO_TESTS_MARK,
     REAL_S3_TESTS_MARK,
+    S3_TESTS_MARK,
     S3_SSL_TEST_ENABLED,
 )
 
@@ -106,19 +107,24 @@ def lmdb_storage(tmp_path):
         yield f
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session", params=[pytest.param(1, marks=S3_TESTS_MARK)])
 def s3_storage_factory():
     with MotoS3StorageFixtureFactory(use_ssl=S3_SSL_TEST_ENABLED) as f:
         yield f
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session", params=[pytest.param(1, marks=S3_TESTS_MARK)])
 def s3_no_ssl_storage_factory():
     with MotoS3StorageFixtureFactory(use_ssl=False) as f:
         yield f
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
+@pytest.fixture(
+    scope="function",
+    params=[
+        pytest.param("s3_storage_factory", marks=S3_TESTS_MARK),
+    ],
+)
 def s3_storage(s3_storage_factory):
     with s3_storage_factory.create_fixture() as f:
         yield f
@@ -197,7 +203,7 @@ def mem_storage():
 @pytest.fixture(
     scope="function",
     params=[
-        "s3",
+        pytest.param("s3", marks=S3_TESTS_MARK),
         "lmdb",
         "mem",
         pytest.param("azurite", marks=AZURE_TESTS_MARK),
diff --git a/python/tests/util/mark.py b/python/tests/util/mark.py
index 4b2da35e3ec..5f6a232cced 100644
--- a/python/tests/util/mark.py
+++ b/python/tests/util/mark.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 """Mark on tests using the real (i.e. hosted by AWS as opposed to moto) S3.
 Currently controlled by the ARCTICDB_PERSISTENT_STORAGE_TESTS and ARCTICDB_FAST_TESTS_ONLY env vars."""
 
+S3_TESTS_MARK = pytest.mark.skip
 
 """Windows and MacOS have different handling of self-signed CA cert for test. 
 TODO: https://github.com/man-group/ArcticDB/issues/1394"""