diff --git a/packages/hxtorch/package.py b/packages/hxtorch/package.py
index 30a5566d1fe485d9b2b1ab6ffcb1b9d05a2a51a8..87e5ea03edbddedac3005593b98e55c9c1d5fce0 100644
--- a/packages/hxtorch/package.py
+++ b/packages/hxtorch/package.py
@@ -174,6 +174,6 @@ class Hxtorch(WafPackage):
         args = ['--test-execnone']
         return args
 
-    def install_test(self):
-        with working_dir('spack-test', create=True):
-            python('-c', 'import hxtorch; print(hxtorch.__file__)')
+    # def install_test(self):
+    #     with working_dir('spack-test', create=True):
+    #         python('-c', 'import hxtorch; print(hxtorch.__file__)')
diff --git a/packages/pynn-brainscales/package.py b/packages/pynn-brainscales/package.py
index 76b7ca3097fdbca0d8b2c0f1287886a407f15ed7..eb71917e851ddab6a7d7cfefe618ad8a07dc94fe 100644
--- a/packages/pynn-brainscales/package.py
+++ b/packages/pynn-brainscales/package.py
@@ -151,6 +151,6 @@ class PynnBrainscales(WafPackage):
         args = ['--test-execnone']
         return args
 
-    def install_test(self):
-        with working_dir('spack-test', create=True):
-            python('-c', 'import pynn_brainscales; print(pynn_brainscales.__file__)')
+    # def install_test(self):
+    #     with working_dir('spack-test', create=True):
+    #         python('-c', 'import pynn_brainscales; print(pynn_brainscales.__file__)')