diff --git a/tests/testthat.R b/tests/testthat.R
index 081cccc3..f6e6ef90 100644
--- a/tests/testthat.R
+++ b/tests/testthat.R
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@
 library(testthat)
 library(remotes)
 
-test_check("remotes")
+if (Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN") == "true") {
+  test_check("remotes")
+}