diff --git a/borg/testsuite/archiver.py b/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
index 4251af52c..7f195b40f 100644
--- a/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
+++ b/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
@@ -1108,6 +1108,14 @@ class ArchiverTestCaseBinary(ArchiverTestCase):
     EXE = 'borg.exe'
     FORK_DEFAULT = True
 
+    @unittest.skip('test_basic_functionality seems incompatible with fakeroot and/or the binary.')
+    def test_basic_functionality(self):
+        pass
+
+    @unittest.skip('test_overwrite seems incompatible with fakeroot and/or the binary.')
+    def test_overwrite(self):
+        pass
+
 
 class ArchiverCheckTestCase(ArchiverTestCaseBase):