diff --git a/bin/run-ci-ldc93s1_new.sh b/bin/run-ci-ldc93s1_new.sh
index 6c7ac939b..5af40078c 100755
--- a/bin/run-ci-ldc93s1_new.sh
+++ b/bin/run-ci-ldc93s1_new.sh
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ python -u train.py --alphabet_config_path "data/alphabet.txt" \
   --learning_rate 0.001 --dropout_rate 0.05  --export_dir '/tmp/train' \
   --scorer_path 'data/smoke_test/pruned_lm.scorer' \
   --audio_sample_rate ${audio_sample_rate} \
-  --export_tflite false
+  --export_tflite false \
+  --skip_batch_test true
diff --git a/bin/run-ldc93s1.sh b/bin/run-ldc93s1.sh
index 0253c09a6..567efe8f9 100755
--- a/bin/run-ldc93s1.sh
+++ b/bin/run-ldc93s1.sh
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ python -m coqui_stt_training.train \
   --n_hidden 100 \
   --epochs 200 \
   --checkpoint_dir "$checkpoint_dir" \
+  --skip_batch_test true \
   "$@"