diff --git a/test/test_show_jsonrpc.py b/test/test_show_jsonrpc.py
index dc6b9ae..2034f5f 100644
--- a/test/test_show_jsonrpc.py
+++ b/test/test_show_jsonrpc.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def test_show_list_jsonrpc(mock_pynxos_device):
     assert result_version["sys_ver_str"] == "7.3(1)D1(1) [build 7.3(1)D1(0.10)]"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="br0ken with python3 - see: https://github.com/ktbyers/nxapi-plumbing/issues/11")
 def test_show_invalid_jsonrpc(mock_pynxos_device):
     """Execute an invalid command."""
     with pytest.raises(NXAPICommandError) as e:
diff --git a/test/test_show_xml.py b/test/test_show_xml.py
index 2651595..4e076af 100644
--- a/test/test_show_xml.py
+++ b/test/test_show_xml.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def test_show_list_xml(mock_pynxos_device_xml):
     assert code_obj.text == "200"
     assert response.text == "nxos.domain.com"
 
-
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="br0ken with python3 - see: https://github.com/ktbyers/nxapi-plumbing/issues/11")
 def test_show_invalid_xml(mock_pynxos_device_xml):
     """Execute an invalid command."""
     with pytest.raises(NXAPICommandError) as e: