Index: guix-debian/tests/guix-shell.sh
===================================================================
--- guix-debian.orig/tests/guix-shell.sh
+++ guix-debian/tests/guix-shell.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ mkdir "$tmpdir" "$configdir" "$configdir
 XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$(realpath $configdir)"
 export XDG_CONFIG_HOME
 
+# Requires use of bootstrap binaries.
+. $(dirname $0)/common.sh
+skip_if_network_unreachable
+
 guix shell --bootstrap --pure guile-bootstrap -- guile --version
 
 # '--ad-hoc' is a thing of the past.
