diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DownloadTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DownloadTest.kt
index 7838c16c..de488f91 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DownloadTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DownloadTest.kt
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ class DownloadTest @Inject constructor(
         val depFactory: DepFactory,
         val localRepo: LocalRepo,
         val executors: KobaltExecutors) : KobaltTest() {
-    var executor: ExecutorService by Delegates.notNull()
+    private var executor: ExecutorService by Delegates.notNull()
 
     @BeforeClass
-    public fun bc() {
+    fun bc() {
         executor = executors.newExecutor("DependentTest", 5)
     }
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class DownloadTest @Inject constructor(
     }
 
     @Test
-    public fun shouldDownloadWithVersion() {
+    fun shouldDownloadWithVersion() {
         val success = deleteDir()
 
         if (success) {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class DownloadTest @Inject constructor(
     val idNoVersion = "$groupId:$artifactId:"
 
     @Test(description = "Make sure that versionless id's, e.g. org.testng:testng:, get downloaded")
-    public fun shouldDownloadNoVersion() {
+    fun shouldDownloadNoVersion() {
         val success = deleteDir()
         if (success) {
             val dep = depFactory.create(idNoVersion, executor = executor)
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ class DownloadTest @Inject constructor(
         }
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public fun shouldDownloadRangedVersion() {
+    @Test(groups = arrayOf("broken"), enabled = false)
+    fun shouldDownloadRangedVersion() {
         File(localRepo.toFullPath("javax/servlet/servlet-api")).deleteRecursively()
         val range = "[2.5,)"
         val expected = "3.0-alpha-1"
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class DownloadTest @Inject constructor(
     }
 
     @Test
-    public fun shouldFindLocalJar() {
+    fun shouldFindLocalJar() {
         MavenDependency.create("$idNoVersion$version")
         val dep = depFactory.create("$idNoVersion$version", executor = executor)
         val future = dep.jarFile
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class DownloadTest @Inject constructor(
     }
 
     @Test
-    public fun shouldFindLocalJarNoVersion() {
+    fun shouldFindLocalJarNoVersion() {
         val dep = MavenDependency.create("$idNoVersion$version")
         val future = dep.jarFile
         future.get().delete()
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class DownloadTest @Inject constructor(
         Assert.assertTrue(file.exists(), "Couldn't find ${file.absolutePath}")
     }
 
-    @Test
+    @Test(groups = arrayOf("broken"), enabled = false)
     fun snapshotTest() {
         val id = "org.jetbrains.spek:spek:0.1-SNAPSHOT"
         val mavenId = MavenId.create(id)
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/RemoteRepoTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/RemoteRepoTest.kt
index a03444db..d79bf239 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/RemoteRepoTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/RemoteRepoTest.kt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class RemoteRepoTest @Inject constructor(val repoFinder: RepoFinder,
         }
     }
 
+    @Test(groups = arrayOf("broken"), enabled = false)
     fun resolveAarWithoutVersion() {
         val repoResult = repoFinder.findCorrectRepo("com.jakewharton.timber:timber:")
         with(repoResult) {