diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 19493ba24697..abfb198dbc38 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ jobs:
       # This may be unnecessary once rules_nodejs uses nodejs 8
       - run: bazel run @nodejs//:npm run postinstall
       - run: bazel build src/...
-      - run: bazel test src/...
       - save_cache:
           key: material2-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "package-lock.json" }}
           paths:
diff --git a/src/cdk/coercion/BUILD.bazel b/src/cdk/coercion/BUILD.bazel
index a78f31f94efd..e0f884e32eb9 100644
--- a/src/cdk/coercion/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/src/cdk/coercion/BUILD.bazel
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@ ts_library(
 ts_web_test(
   name = "unit_tests",
   bootstrap = ["//:web_test_bootstrap_scripts"],
+  tags = ["manual"],
   deps = [":coercion_test_sources"],
 )