diff --git a/tests/lib/App/CodeChecker/CodeCheckerTest.php b/tests/lib/App/CodeChecker/CodeCheckerTest.php
index bb121eccc44f1b59b27d5164f061b7b89656dbb3..7725d46a273d2f5c3302c7019a7586186d750e49 100644
--- a/tests/lib/App/CodeChecker/CodeCheckerTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/App/CodeChecker/CodeCheckerTest.php
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ class CodeCheckerTest extends TestCase {
 	 * @param string $fileToVerify
 	 */
 	public function testFindInvalidUsage($expectedErrorToken, $expectedErrorCode, $fileToVerify) {
+		if (PHP_MAJOR_VERSION > 7) {
+			$this->markTestSkipped('Only run on php7');
+		}
+
 		$checker = new CodeChecker(
 			new PrivateCheck(new EmptyCheck()),
 			false
@@ -49,6 +53,10 @@ class CodeCheckerTest extends TestCase {
 	 * @param string $fileToVerify
 	 */
 	public function testPassValidUsage($fileToVerify) {
+		if (PHP_MAJOR_VERSION > 7) {
+			$this->markTestSkipped('Only run on php7');
+		}
+
 		$checker = new CodeChecker(
 			new PrivateCheck(new EmptyCheck()),
 			false
diff --git a/tests/lib/App/CodeChecker/StrongComparisonCheckTest.php b/tests/lib/App/CodeChecker/StrongComparisonCheckTest.php
index 6d3d2f50efda62d740a643e95bd0783fbe0e59fd..e21dcbbc585d7fecbb7f9bc1955e50c78754980a 100644
--- a/tests/lib/App/CodeChecker/StrongComparisonCheckTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/App/CodeChecker/StrongComparisonCheckTest.php
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ class StrongComparisonCheckTest extends TestCase {
 	 * @param string $fileToVerify
 	 */
 	public function testPassValidUsage($fileToVerify) {
+		if (PHP_MAJOR_VERSION > 7) {
+			$this->markTestSkipped('Only run on php7');
+		}
+
 		$checker = new CodeChecker(
 			new StrongComparisonCheck(new EmptyCheck()),
 			false