--- a/joblib/test/test_parallel.py
+++ b/joblib/test/test_parallel.py
@@ -1646,8 +1646,8 @@
 
 @with_numpy
 @with_multiprocessing
-@skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 5),
-        reason='threadpoolctl is a python3.5+ package')
+@skipif(True,
+        reason='threadpoolctl is not yet packaged')
 @parametrize('n_jobs', [2, 4, -2, -1])
 def test_threadpool_limitation_in_child(n_jobs):
     # Check that the protection against oversubscription in workers is working
@@ -1670,8 +1670,8 @@
 
 @with_numpy
 @with_multiprocessing
-@skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 5),
-        reason='threadpoolctl is a python3.5+ package')
+@skipif(True,
+        reason='threadpoolctl is not yet packaged')
 @parametrize('inner_max_num_threads', [1, 2, 4, None])
 @parametrize('n_jobs', [2, -1])
 def test_threadpool_limitation_in_child_context(n_jobs, inner_max_num_threads):
