diff --git a/testing/tests/benchmarks/test_resources.py b/testing/tests/benchmarks/test_resources.py
index 3916901239bc80a2201a96760e7ca9e63d013d8c..173edbd16a03d8daf7379650060821e81ec5bd4d 100644
--- a/testing/tests/benchmarks/test_resources.py
+++ b/testing/tests/benchmarks/test_resources.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import pytest
 import random
 import time
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ def bellardBig(n):
     return pi
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason='not a real use case, used only for instrumentation')
 def test_cpu_intensive(monitored_benchmark):
 
     def _cpu_intensive():
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ def test_cpu_intensive(monitored_benchmark):
     monitored_benchmark(_cpu_intensive)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason='not a real use case, used only for instrumentation')
 def test_memory_intensive(monitored_benchmark):
 
     def _memory_intensive():
diff --git a/testing/tests/benchmarks/test_sqlcipher.py b/testing/tests/benchmarks/test_sqlcipher.py
index d300d931cefd76de9d6efd0864f1012e79845f49..762c850fbe5c98e24a6a9f4d4a3cb90c77378ee7 100644
--- a/testing/tests/benchmarks/test_sqlcipher.py
+++ b/testing/tests/benchmarks/test_sqlcipher.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def build_test_sqlcipher_async_create(amount, size):
 
 
 def build_test_sqlcipher_create(amount, size):
-    @pytest.mark.synchronous
+    @pytest.mark.skip(reason="this test is lengthy and not a real use case")
     @pytest.mark.benchmark(group="test_sqlcipher_create")
     def test(soledad_client, monitored_benchmark, payload):
         client = soledad_client()._dbsyncer
diff --git a/testing/tox.ini b/testing/tox.ini
index 6a6275f3ecdd8cd432f5958ee6504b987040eae2..aba69cf6b13c531d614315e9526aca315626683f 100644
--- a/testing/tox.ini
+++ b/testing/tox.ini
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ commands =
     pip install -I --install-option="--bundled" pysqlcipher
     ./check-pysqlcipher.py
 # and only then run benchmark
-    py.test --benchmark-only -m 'not synchronous' {posargs}
+    py.test --benchmark-only {posargs}
 passenv = HOST_HOSTNAME
 
 [testenv:code-check]