diff --git a/tests/v2/test_storage.py b/tests/v2/test_storage.py
index 14080cc67b..88e99e91a1 100644
--- a/tests/v2/test_storage.py
+++ b/tests/v2/test_storage.py
@@ -1286,6 +1286,8 @@ def create_store(self, normalize_keys=False, dimension_separator=".", path=None,
 @pytest.fixture()
 def s3(request):
     # writable local S3 system
+    pytest.skip("old v3 tests are disabled", allow_module_level=True)
+
     import shlex
     import subprocess
     import time