diff --git a/consensus/tests/request_component.rs b/consensus/tests/request_component.rs
index 4eb2709cb2..c6a89bf43e 100644
--- a/consensus/tests/request_component.rs
+++ b/consensus/tests/request_component.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use nimiq_test_utils::{
 };
 
 #[test(tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4))]
-#[cfg_attr(not(feature = "expensive-tests"), ignore)]
+#[ignore]
 async fn test_request_component() {
     let mut hub = Some(MockHub::default());
     let env = VolatileDatabase::new(20).expect("Could not open a volatile database");
diff --git a/validator/tests/integration.rs b/validator/tests/integration.rs
index 3456dd8036..683d09bab9 100644
--- a/validator/tests/integration.rs
+++ b/validator/tests/integration.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ async fn validator_update() {
 }
 
 #[test(tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread"))]
-#[cfg_attr(not(feature = "expensive-tests"), ignore)]
+#[ignore]
 async fn four_validators_can_create_an_epoch() {
     let env = VolatileDatabase::new(20).expect("Could not open a volatile database");