diff --git a/scipy/io/matlab/tests/test_streams.py b/scipy/io/matlab/tests/test_streams.py
index 3156e972b..56de231ce 100644
--- a/scipy/io/matlab/tests/test_streams.py
+++ b/scipy/io/matlab/tests/test_streams.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import os
 import zlib
+import pytest
 
 from io import BytesIO
 
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ class TestZlibInputStream(object):
 
         assert_raises(IOError, stream.read, 1)
 
+    @pytest.mark.skip(reason='Overwhelming TeamCity agent with verbose output')
     def test_read_bad_checksum(self):
         data = np.random.randint(0, 256, 10).astype(np.uint8).tobytes()
         compressed_data = zlib.compress(data)
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ class TestZlibInputStream(object):
         stream.seek(10000, 1)
         assert_raises(IOError, stream.read, 12)
 
+    @pytest.mark.skip(reason='Overwhelming TeamCity agent with verbose output')
     def test_seek_bad_checksum(self):
         data = np.random.randint(0, 256, 10).astype(np.uint8).tobytes()
         compressed_data = zlib.compress(data)
@@ -192,6 +195,7 @@ class TestZlibInputStream(object):
         stream.seek(1024)
         assert_(stream.all_data_read())
 
+    @pytest.mark.skip(reason='Overwhelming TeamCity agent with verbose output')
     def test_all_data_read_overlap(self):
         COMPRESSION_LEVEL = 6
 
@@ -208,6 +212,7 @@ class TestZlibInputStream(object):
         stream.seek(len(data))
         assert_(stream.all_data_read())
 
+    @pytest.mark.skip(reason='Overwhelming TeamCity agent with verbose output')
     def test_all_data_read_bad_checksum(self):
         COMPRESSION_LEVEL = 6
 
