diff --git a/tests/integration/server_list.bats b/tests/integration/server_list.bats
index 5856073b..3387edc6 100644
--- a/tests/integration/server_list.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/server_list.bats
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ teardown(){
 }
 
 @test "machine readable output" {
+  if [ ! "$TEST_SERVER" = "default" ]; then
+    skip "can only diff output against 'default' server (local)"
+  fi
+
   output=$("$ABRA" server ls --machine)
 
   run diff \