Index: guix/tests/packages.scm
===================================================================
--- guix.orig/tests/packages.scm
+++ guix/tests/packages.scm
@@ -1705,6 +1705,7 @@
     ((one)
      (eq? one guile-2.0))))
 
+(test-skip 1)
 (test-assert "fold-available-packages with/without cache"
   (let ()
     (define no-cache
@@ -1757,6 +1758,7 @@
     (((? (cut eq? hello <>))) #t)
     (wrong (pk 'find-packages-by-name wrong #f))))
 
+(test-skip 1)
 (test-equal "find-packages-by-name with cache"
   (find-packages-by-name "guile")
   (call-with-temporary-directory
@@ -1766,6 +1768,7 @@
            (mock ((gnu packages) cache-is-authoritative? (const #t))
                  (find-packages-by-name "guile"))))))
 
+(test-skip 1)
 (test-equal "find-packages-by-name + version, with cache"
   (find-packages-by-name "guile" "2")
   (call-with-temporary-directory
@@ -1924,6 +1927,7 @@
        (find-packages-by-name "guile"))
   (find-package-locations "guile"))
 
+(test-skip 1)
 (test-equal "find-package-locations with cache"
   (map (lambda (package)
          (cons (package-version package)
