diff --git a/lib/model/model_test.go b/lib/model/model_test.go
index 2f468d275..2e6cde6c0 100644
--- a/lib/model/model_test.go
+++ b/lib/model/model_test.go
@@ -3996,6 +3996,10 @@ func TestNeedMetaAfterIndexReset(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCcCheckEncryption(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skipping on short testing - generating encryption tokens is slow")
+	}
+
 	w, fcfg, wCancel := tmpDefaultWrapper()
 	defer wCancel()
 	m := setupModel(t, w)
diff --git a/lib/model/requests_test.go b/lib/model/requests_test.go
index e3952f6f3..8dcd19d89 100644
--- a/lib/model/requests_test.go
+++ b/lib/model/requests_test.go
@@ -1361,6 +1361,10 @@ func TestRequestIndexSenderClusterConfigBeforeStart(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRequestReceiveEncryptedLocalNoSend(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skipping on short testing - scrypt is too slow")
+	}
+
 	w, fcfg, wCancel := tmpDefaultWrapper()
 	defer wCancel()
 	tfs := fcfg.Filesystem()