diff --git a/tests/testthat/helper.R b/tests/testthat/helper.R
index 32da1d45..60f2b721 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/helper.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/helper.R
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # used to skip visual tests of SVGs on r-devel and r-oldrel
 # because they can be slightly different than r-release occasionally
 skip_if_not_r_release <- function() {
+  # first try just skipping on devel
   testthat::skip_if(isTRUE(Sys.getenv("R_VERSION_TYPE") == "devel"))
 
   #testthat::skip_if_not(isTRUE(Sys.getenv("R_VERSION_TYPE") == "release"))