diff --git a/tests/nightly/test_large_array.py b/tests/nightly/test_large_array.py
index 7aba53c97fc3..f25e77e30f9a 100644
--- a/tests/nightly/test_large_array.py
+++ b/tests/nightly/test_large_array.py
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
 
 from mxnet.test_utils import rand_ndarray, assert_almost_equal, rand_coord_2d, default_context, check_symbolic_forward, create_2d_tensor
 from mxnet import gluon, nd
-from tests.python.unittest.common import with_seed, with_post_test_cleanup
+from tests.python.unittest.common import with_seed, with_post_test_cleanup, teardown
 from nose.tools import with_setup
+import unittest
 
 # dimension constants
 MEDIUM_X = 10000
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ def np_softmax(x, axis=-1, temperature=1.0):
         x /= np.sum(x, axis=axis, keepdims=True)
         return x
 
+    @unittest.skip("log_softmax flaky, tracked at https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/17397")
     def check_log_softmax():
         ndim = 2
         shape = (SMALL_Y, LARGE_X)
@@ -474,6 +476,7 @@ def check_ndarray_random_uniform():
         a = nd.random.uniform(shape=(LARGE_X, SMALL_Y))
         assert a[-1][0] != 0
 
+    @unittest.skip("Randint flaky, tracked at https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/16172")
     @with_seed()
     def check_ndarray_random_randint():
         a = nd.random.randint(100, 10000, shape=(LARGE_X, SMALL_Y))
@@ -1089,6 +1092,7 @@ def check_sort():
         s = nd.sort(b, is_ascend=False)
         assert np.sum(s[0].asnumpy() == 0).all()
 
+    @unittest.skip("Topk takes lot of memory!, tracked at https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/17411")
     def check_topk():
         b = create_2d_tensor(rows=LARGE_X, columns=SMALL_Y)
         k = nd.topk(b, k=10, axis=0, dtype=np.int64)
diff --git a/tests/nightly/test_large_vector.py b/tests/nightly/test_large_vector.py
index 6a55810613d4..f138467882c6 100644
--- a/tests/nightly/test_large_vector.py
+++ b/tests/nightly/test_large_vector.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 from mxnet.test_utils import rand_ndarray, assert_almost_equal, rand_coord_2d, create_vector
 from mxnet import gluon, nd
-from tests.python.unittest.common import with_seed
+from tests.python.unittest.common import with_seed, teardown
 from nose.tools import with_setup
 import unittest