diff --git a/tests/unit_tests.py b/tests/unit_tests.py
index e47f8fd..f63dbef 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests.py
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ def test_install_tts_plugin(self):
         self.assertTrue(install_tts_plugin("neon-tts-plugin-coqui"))
         self.assertFalse(install_tts_plugin("neon-tts-plugin-invalid"))
 
+    @skip("Configuration patching is deprecated")
     def test_patch_config(self):
         import json
         from neon_audio.utils import use_neon_audio