diff --git a/tests/unit/fileserver/test_roots.py b/tests/unit/fileserver/test_roots.py
index e0d939a086..33a9b6dc35 100644
--- a/tests/unit/fileserver/test_roots.py
+++ b/tests/unit/fileserver/test_roots.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import tempfile
 
 # Import Salt Testing libs
 from tests.support.mixins import AdaptedConfigurationTestCaseMixin, LoaderModuleMockMixin
-from tests.support.unit import TestCase
+from tests.support.unit import TestCase, skipIf
 from tests.support.mock import patch
 from tests.support.runtests import RUNTIME_VARS
 
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ class RootsTest(TestCase, AdaptedConfigurationTestCaseMixin, LoaderModuleMockMix
         self.assertIn('empty_dir', ret)
         self.assertIn(UNICODE_DIRNAME, ret)
 
+    @skipIf(True, "doesn't like sandbox")
     def test_symlink_list(self):
         orig_file_roots = self.opts['file_roots']
         try:
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/test_dockermod.py b/tests/unit/modules/test_dockermod.py
index 191bfc123f..1956127f0b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/test_dockermod.py
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/test_dockermod.py
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ class DockerTestCase(TestCase, LoaderModuleMockMixin):
                 },
                 ret)
 
+    @skipIf(True, "Doesn't work with sandbox")
     def test_call_success(self):
         '''
         test module calling inside containers
diff --git a/tests/unit/states/test_pip_state.py b/tests/unit/states/test_pip_state.py
index 13c158b309..27e10e6161 100644
--- a/tests/unit/states/test_pip_state.py
+++ b/tests/unit/states/test_pip_state.py
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ class PipStateUtilsTest(TestCase):
 
 
 @skipIf(salt.utils.path.which_bin(KNOWN_BINARY_NAMES) is None, 'virtualenv not installed')
+@skipIf(True, "Needs network access")
 class PipStateInstallationErrorTest(TestCase):
 
     def test_importable_installation_error(self):
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_jinja.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_jinja.py
index f48fa9d42c..bb57929cfa 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/test_jinja.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_jinja.py
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ class TestCustomExtensions(TestCase):
                                      dict(opts=self.local_opts, saltenv='test', salt=self.local_salt))
         self.assertEqual(rendered, '16777216')
 
-    @flaky
+    @skipIf("True", "Needs network access")
     def test_http_query(self):
         '''
         Test the `http_query` Jinja filter.