--- python-dateutil-2.9.0.post0/tests/test_tz.py.orig
+++ python-dateutil-2.9.0.post0/tests/test_tz.py
@@ -985,6 +985,7 @@
 
 
 @mark_tzlocal_nix
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="always fails: https://github.com/dateutil/dateutil/issues/1260")
 def test_tzlocal_local_time_trim_colon():
     with TZEnvContext(':/etc/localtime'):
         assert tz.gettz() is not None
--- python-dateutil-2.9.0.post0/tests/test_internals.py.orig
+++ python-dateutil-2.9.0.post0/tests/test_internals.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(IS_PY32, reason='pytest.warns not supported on Python 3.2')
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="always fails: https://github.com/dateutil/dateutil/issues/1260")
 def test_parser_parser_private_not_warns():
     from dateutil.parser._parser import _timelex, _tzparser
     from dateutil.parser._parser import _parsetz