diff --git a/python-nbdime.spec b/python-nbdime.spec
index 5d0fd32..b43277c 100644
--- a/python-nbdime.spec
+++ b/python-nbdime.spec
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ done
 %fdupes %{buildroot}%{_jupyter_prefix}
 
 %check
+# tornado mock setup failures: no auth_url
+donttest="(test_cli_apps and (test_git_difftool or test_git_mergetool))"
+donttest="$donttest or (test_web and (test_fetch_diff or test_fetch_merge))"
 # freshly to be install libalternatives commands are not yet flavorbinned automatically
 %if %{with libalternatives}
 %{python_expand mkdir -p build/flavorbin
@@ -213,7 +216,7 @@ export PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
 %{python_expand # don't test anything on python39: no jupyter-server-test anymore
 export PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 if [ "${python_flavor}" != "python39" ]; then
-  $python -m pytest -v --pyargs nbdime
+  $python -m pytest -v --pyargs nbdime -k "not ($donttest)"
 fi
 }
 
@@ -292,6 +295,5 @@ done
 %license LICENSE.md
 %dir %{_jupyter_prefix}/labextensions
 %{_jupyter_labextensions_dir3}/nbdime-jupyterlab
-%{_jupyter_labextensions_dir}/nbdime-jupyterlab-%{labver}.tgz
 
 %changelog