diff --git a/quarkc/backend.py b/quarkc/backend.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/quarkc/backend.py
+++ b/quarkc/backend.py
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ class Java(Backend):
         return None
 
     def install_command(self, dir, offline):
-        cmd = ["mvn", "install"]
+        cmd = ["mvn", "install", "-DskipTests"]
         if offline: cmd += ["--offline"]
         shell.call(*cmd, cwd=dir, stage="install")
We don't have unit tests, so don't bother trying to run them (especially since it breaks on Travis sometime).