diff --git a/distributed/deploy/tests/test_local.py b/distributed/deploy/tests/test_local.py
index bc64cfca0b6..80a45429983 100644
--- a/distributed/deploy/tests/test_local.py
+++ b/distributed/deploy/tests/test_local.py
@@ -1126,6 +1126,7 @@ async def test_cluster_names():
             assert unnamed_cluster2 != unnamed_cluster
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("nanny", [True, False])
 @gen_test()
 async def test_local_cluster_redundant_kwarg(nanny):
diff --git a/distributed/deploy/tests/test_spec_cluster.py b/distributed/deploy/tests/test_spec_cluster.py
index 31b95e28026..6dba2880429 100644
--- a/distributed/deploy/tests/test_spec_cluster.py
+++ b/distributed/deploy/tests/test_spec_cluster.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ async def test_scale():
         assert len(cluster.workers) == 2
 
 
-@pytest.mark.slow
+@pytest.mark.skip
 @gen_test()
 async def test_adaptive_killed_worker():
     with dask.config.set({"distributed.deploy.lost-worker-timeout": 0.1}):
diff --git a/distributed/tests/test_client.py b/distributed/tests/test_client.py
index c0d5b716220..785a716cc54 100644
--- a/distributed/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/distributed/tests/test_client.py
@@ -6502,7 +6502,7 @@ async def f(dask_worker):
     assert b.foo == "bar"
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(WINDOWS, reason="frequently kills off the whole test suite")
+@pytest.mark.skip
 @gen_cluster(client=True, nthreads=[("127.0.0.1", 2)] * 2)
 async def test_performance_report(c, s, a, b):
     pytest.importorskip("bokeh")
diff --git a/distributed/tests/test_steal.py b/distributed/tests/test_steal.py
index b2c955fd49b..16f7469ab43 100644
--- a/distributed/tests/test_steal.py
+++ b/distributed/tests/test_steal.py
@@ -863,6 +863,7 @@ def blocked_add(x, y, event):
     await c.gather(futures)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip
 @gen_cluster(client=True)
 async def test_steal_twice(c, s, a, b):
     x = c.submit(inc, 1, workers=a.address)