diff --git a/configdb/tests/db_api_test_base.py b/configdb/tests/db_api_test_base.py
index 9764d6a0b663c63ce5a1f67405069f89206c5dc1..2daa8a5ab7af706bd1b9dc14dfd468b09fb5ad5b 100644
--- a/configdb/tests/db_api_test_base.py
+++ b/configdb/tests/db_api_test_base.py
@@ -359,4 +359,4 @@ class DbApiTestBase(object):
         self.assertTrue(ts2 > ts1)
 
     def test_timestamp_for_non_updated_entity(self):
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.api.get_timestamp,'role',self.ctx)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.api.get_timestamp, 'role', self.ctx)
diff --git a/configdb/tests/test_db_api_doozer.py b/configdb/tests/test_db_api_doozer.py
index 815b05fcbf7116c9cb8f48d7d297c923c9121f6e..e532b80b87fd74eb80053de1ca2e10f0a8a98ab1 100644
--- a/configdb/tests/test_db_api_doozer.py
+++ b/configdb/tests/test_db_api_doozer.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import os
+from nose.exc import SkipTest
 try:
     import doozer
     from doozer.client import IsDirectory, NoEntity
+    if os.getenv('SKIP_DOOZER') is not None:
+        raise SkipTest('doozer tests disabled')
 except ImportError:
-    from nose.exc import SkipTest
     raise SkipTest('doozer not found')
 
 from configdb.db.interface import doozer_interface
diff --git a/configdb/tests/test_db_api_zookeeper.py b/configdb/tests/test_db_api_zookeeper.py
index 1af27346423663b996994260323f1f0251080a53..5fb4b57a75e8018035f11d8495ebc992164868ad 100644
--- a/configdb/tests/test_db_api_zookeeper.py
+++ b/configdb/tests/test_db_api_zookeeper.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import os
+from nose.exc import SkipTest
 try:
     from configdb.db.interface import zookeeper_interface
+    if os.getenv('SKIP_ZOOKEEPER') is not None:
+        raise SkipTest('Zookeeper tests disabled')
 except ImportError:
-    from nose.exc import SkipTest
     raise SkipTest('Zookeeper not found')
 
 from configdb.tests import *
diff --git a/configdb/tests/test_doozer_interface.py b/configdb/tests/test_doozer_interface.py
index 27cdbad10f59c6867ca3de54a1c2d668406e98e9..86b6ffa0384128c77863dcba41ab34f6fb40e408 100644
--- a/configdb/tests/test_doozer_interface.py
+++ b/configdb/tests/test_doozer_interface.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import os
+from nose.exc import SkipTest
 try:
     import doozer
     from doozer.client import IsDirectory, NoEntity
+    if os.getenv('SKIP_DOOZER') is not None:
+        raise SkipTest('doozer tests disabled')
 except ImportError:
-    from nose.exc import SkipTest
     raise SkipTest('doozer not found')
 
 from configdb.db.interface import doozer_interface
diff --git a/configdb/tests/test_zookeeper_interface.py b/configdb/tests/test_zookeeper_interface.py
index 28cba6882fd62e0c730c8598468aba9de4e28be6..3e3b4f2ab6e08eac172bec1da7cc83d0378e5403 100644
--- a/configdb/tests/test_zookeeper_interface.py
+++ b/configdb/tests/test_zookeeper_interface.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import os
+from nose.exc import SkipTest
 try:
     from configdb.db.interface import zookeeper_interface
+    if os.getenv('SKIP_ZOOKEEPER') is not None:
+        raise SkipTest('Zookeeper tests disabled')
 except ImportError:
-    from nose.exc import SkipTest
     raise SkipTest('Zookeeper not found')
 
 from configdb.tests import *