diff --git a/src/test/test_integration.py b/src/test/test_integration.py
index 9e44b69..f1cce85 100644
--- a/src/test/test_integration.py
+++ b/src/test/test_integration.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class SqliteTestBase(IntegrationTestBase):
         value = result[0]
         assert 'abcdef' == value
 
-@unittest.skip(is_jython())
+@unittest.skipIf(is_jython(), "requires python")
 class SqlitePyTest(SqliteTestBase, unittest.TestCase):
 
     def connect(self):