--- importlib_metadata-7.1.0/tests/test_api.py.orig
+++ importlib_metadata-7.1.0/tests/test_api.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
     version,
 )
 
+import pytest
+
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def suppress_known_deprecation():
@@ -198,6 +200,9 @@
     def test_files_dist_info(self):
         self._test_files(files('distinfo-pkg'))
 
+    @pytest.mark.skip(
+        reason="always fails: https://github.com/python/importlib_metadata/issues/463"
+    )
     def test_files_egg_info(self):
         self._test_files(files('egginfo-pkg'))
         self._test_files(files('egg_with_module-pkg'))
--- importlib_metadata-7.1.0/tests/test_main.py.orig
+++ importlib_metadata-7.1.0/tests/test_main.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
     version,
 )
 
+import pytest
+
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def suppress_known_deprecation():
@@ -194,6 +196,9 @@
     fixtures.DistInfoPkg,
     unittest.TestCase,
 ):
+    @pytest.mark.skip(
+        reason="always fails: https://github.com/python/importlib_metadata/issues/479"
+    )
     def test_package_discovery(self):
         dists = list(distributions())
         assert all(isinstance(dist, Distribution) for dist in dists)
@@ -428,6 +433,9 @@
     fixtures.EggInfoPkgSourcesFallback,
     unittest.TestCase,
 ):
+    @pytest.mark.skip(
+        reason="always fails: https://github.com/python/importlib_metadata/issues/463"
+    )
     def test_packages_distributions_on_eggs(self):
         """
         Test old-style egg packages with a variation of 'top_level.txt',
@@ -459,6 +467,9 @@
 
 
 class EditableDistributionTest(fixtures.DistInfoPkgEditable, unittest.TestCase):
+    @pytest.mark.skip(
+        reason="always fails: https://github.com/python/importlib_metadata/issues/479"
+    )
     def test_origin(self):
         dist = Distribution.from_name('distinfo-pkg')
         assert dist.origin.url.endswith('.whl')