diff --git a/p2p/simulations/network_test.go b/p2p/simulations/network_test.go
index 8b644ffb0f..d3ec52674d 100644
--- a/p2p/simulations/network_test.go
+++ b/p2p/simulations/network_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 // Tests that a created snapshot with a minimal service only contains the expected connections
 // and that a network when loaded with this snapshot only contains those same connections
 func TestSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("Test unstable")
 
 	// PART I
 	// create snapshot from ring network
@@ -283,6 +284,7 @@ OUTER_TWO:
 // connected in a ring topology, checks that all nodes successfully handshake
 // with each other and that a snapshot fully represents the desired topology
 func TestNetworkSimulation(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("Test flaky")
 	// create simulation network with 20 testService nodes
 	adapter := adapters.NewSimAdapter(adapters.Services{
 		"test": newTestService,