diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-impute-median.R b/tests/testthat/test-impute-median.R
index e04774b8..525ad388 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-impute-median.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-impute-median.R
@@ -84,11 +84,13 @@ test_that("impute_median_all works with shadow", {
 })
 
 test_that("impute_median_all retains proper shadow values", {
+  skip_on_cran()
   expect_equal(unbind_data(impute_median_all(aq_shadow)),
                unbind_data(aq_shadow))
 })
 
 test_that("impute_median_all retains proper shadow values", {
+  skip_on_cran()
   expect_equal(unbind_data(impute_median_all(aq_shadow)),
                unbind_data(aq_shadow))
 })
@@ -99,11 +101,13 @@ test_that("impute_median_all works with shadow", {
 })
 
 test_that("impute_median_all retains proper shadow values", {
+  skip_on_cran()
   expect_equal(unbind_data(impute_median_all(aq_shadow)),
                unbind_data(aq_shadow))
 })
 
 test_that("impute_median_all retains proper shadow values", {
+  skip_on_cran()
   expect_equal(unbind_data(impute_median_all(aq_shadow)),
                unbind_data(aq_shadow))
 })
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-impute_mean.R b/tests/testthat/test-impute_mean.R
index b1aa787e..10673013 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-impute_mean.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-impute_mean.R
@@ -75,11 +75,13 @@ test_that("impute_mean_at works with shadow", {
 })
 
 test_that("impute_mean_at retains proper shadow values", {
+  skip_on_cran()
   expect_equal(unbind_data(impute_mean_at(aq_shadow, vars(Ozone))),
                unbind_data(aq_shadow))
 })
 
 test_that("impute_mean_at retains proper shadow values", {
+  skip_on_cran()
   expect_equal(unbind_data(impute_mean_at(aq_shadow, vars(Ozone))),
                unbind_data(aq_shadow))
 })
@@ -95,11 +97,13 @@ test_that("impute_mean_all works with shadow", {
 })
 
 test_that("impute_mean_all retains proper shadow values", {
+  skip_on_cran()
   expect_equal(unbind_data(impute_mean_all(aq_shadow)),
                unbind_data(aq_shadow))
 })
 
 test_that("impute_mean_all retains proper shadow values", {
+  skip_on_cran()
   expect_equal(unbind_data(impute_mean_all(aq_shadow)),
                unbind_data(aq_shadow))
 })
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-special-missing-values.R b/tests/testthat/test-special-missing-values.R
index 8f3d67bd..852c50a5 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-special-missing-values.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-special-missing-values.R
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ df_many_recode <- df %>%
 new_shade_levels <- c("!NA", "NA", "NA_broken_machine", "NA_broken_temp")
 
 test_that("special missings levels are updated for many recodes", {
+  skip_on_cran()
   expect_equal(levels(df_many_recode$wind_NA),
                new_shade_levels)
   expect_equal(levels(df_many_recode$temp_NA),
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ test_that("special missings levels are updated for many recodes", {
 })
 
 test_that("special missings are put in the right place for many recodes", {
+  skip_on_cran()
   expect_equal(as.character(df_many_recode$wind_NA),
                c("NA_broken_temp", "!NA", "!NA"))
   expect_equal(as.character(df_many_recode$temp_NA),