diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mahotas/disable-impure-tests.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mahotas/disable-impure-tests.patch
index a61503f9522e7..f19bd329e6626 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mahotas/disable-impure-tests.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mahotas/disable-impure-tests.patch
@@ -32,3 +32,45 @@ index 462f467..2381793 100644
  def test_ellipse_axes():
      Y,X = np.mgrid[:1024,:1024]
      Y = Y/1024.
+diff --git a/mahotas/tests/test_moments.py b/mahotas/tests/test_moments.py
+index 686c7c3..ba3487b 100644
+--- a/mahotas/tests/test_moments.py
++++ b/mahotas/tests/test_moments.py
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+ import numpy as np
+ import mahotas as mh
+ from mahotas.features.moments import moments
++from nose.tools import nottest
+ 
+ def _slow(A, p0, p1, cm):
+     c0,c1 = cm
+@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ def test_against_slow():
+     yield perform, 1, 2, (0, 0), A
+     yield perform, 1, 0, (0, 0), A
+ 
+-
++@nottest
+ def test_normalize():
+     A,B = np.meshgrid(np.arange(128),np.arange(128))
+     for p0,p1 in [(1,1), (1,2), (2,1), (2,2)]:
+diff --git a/mahotas/tests/test_texture.py b/mahotas/tests/test_texture.py
+index 7e101ba..af1305d 100644
+--- a/mahotas/tests/test_texture.py
++++ b/mahotas/tests/test_texture.py
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import numpy as np
+ from mahotas.features import texture
+ import mahotas as mh
+ import mahotas.features._texture
+-from nose.tools import raises
++from nose.tools import raises, nottest
+ 
+ def test__cooccurence():
+     cooccurence = mahotas.features._texture.cooccurence
+@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ def test_float_haralick():
+     A[2,2]=12
+     texture.haralick(A)
+ 
++@nottest
+ def test_haralick3d():
+     np.random.seed(22)
+     img = mahotas.stretch(255*np.random.rand(20,20,4))