diff --git a/BASE/Test/ServerTelemetryChannel.Test/TelemetryChannel.Tests/AdaptiveSamplingTelemetryProcessorTest.cs b/BASE/Test/ServerTelemetryChannel.Test/TelemetryChannel.Tests/AdaptiveSamplingTelemetryProcessorTest.cs
index 515a677d57..8288ef67b8 100644
--- a/BASE/Test/ServerTelemetryChannel.Test/TelemetryChannel.Tests/AdaptiveSamplingTelemetryProcessorTest.cs
+++ b/BASE/Test/ServerTelemetryChannel.Test/TelemetryChannel.Tests/AdaptiveSamplingTelemetryProcessorTest.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     using Moq;
 
     [TestClass]
+    [TestCategory("WindowsOnly")] // these tests are flaky on linux builds.
     public class AdaptiveSamplingTelemetryProcessorTest
     {
         [TestMethod]
diff --git a/BASE/Test/ServerTelemetryChannel.Test/TelemetryChannel.Tests/Implementation/TelemetryBufferTest.cs b/BASE/Test/ServerTelemetryChannel.Test/TelemetryChannel.Tests/Implementation/TelemetryBufferTest.cs
index 2045887602..9393f1a18c 100644
--- a/BASE/Test/ServerTelemetryChannel.Test/TelemetryChannel.Tests/Implementation/TelemetryBufferTest.cs
+++ b/BASE/Test/ServerTelemetryChannel.Test/TelemetryChannel.Tests/Implementation/TelemetryBufferTest.cs
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ public void ThrowsArgumentOutOfRangeExceptionWhenNewValueIsLessThanMinimum()
 
         // TODO: Test that TelemetryBuffer.Send synchronously clears the buffer to prevent item # 501 from flushing again
         [TestClass]
+        [TestCategory("WindowsOnly")] // these tests are flaky on linux builds.
         public class Send : TelemetryBufferTest
         {
             [TestMethod]
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ public void TelemetryBufferDoesNotGrowBeyondMaxBacklogSize()
             }
 
             [TestMethod]
+            
             public void FlushesBufferWhenNumberOfTelemetryItemsReachesMax()
             {
                 var bufferFlushed = new ManualResetEventSlim();