diff --git a/test/functional/test_dag.py b/test/functional/test_dag.py
index 7a5079e6..e5eaf9a5 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_dag.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_dag.py
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 import io
 
-import pytest
-
 import conftest
 
 
 def test_put_get_resolve(client):
-	version = tuple(map(int, client.version()["Version"].split('-', 1)[0].split('.')))
-	if version < (0, 5):
-		pytest.skip("IPFS DAG APIs first appeared in go-IPFS 0.5")
-
 	data = io.BytesIO(br'{"links": []}')
 	response = client.dag.put(data)
 
@@ -29,14 +23,9 @@ def test_put_get_resolve(client):
 
 
 def test_import_export(client):
-	version = tuple(map(int, client.version()["Version"].split('-', 1)[0].split('.')))
-	if version < (0, 5):
-		pytest.skip("IPFS DAG APIs first appeared in go-IPFS 0.5")
-
 	# This file was created by inserting a simple JSON object into IPFS and
 	# exporting it using `ipfs dag export <cid> > file.car`
 	data_car = conftest.TEST_DIR / 'fake_json' / 'data.car'
-	data_car = str(data_car)  #PY35
 
 	with open(data_car, 'rb') as file:
 		response = client.dag.imprt(file)
diff --git a/test/functional/test_miscellaneous.py b/test/functional/test_miscellaneous.py
index 66c5f268..fc58fea8 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_miscellaneous.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_miscellaneous.py
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ def test_daemon_stop(daemon, client):
 	# with access to the created daemon subprocess object defined directly
 	# in the `test/run-test.py` file
 	if not daemon:
-		pytest.skip("Not started using `test/run-test.py`")
-	
+		return
+
 	def daemon_is_running():
 		return daemon.poll() is None
 	
diff --git a/test/unit/test_http_httpx.py b/test/unit/test_http_httpx.py
index dbcd3204..ba299a78 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_http_httpx.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_http_httpx.py
@@ -3,18 +3,15 @@
 # `test_http.py` instead.
 import http.cookiejar
 import math
-import sys
-
 import pytest
 
-if sys.version_info <= (3, 6):
-	pytest.skip("HTTPx requires Python 3.6+", allow_module_level=True)
 pytest.importorskip("ipfshttpclient.http_httpx")
 import ipfshttpclient.http_httpx
 
 
 cookiejar = http.cookiejar.CookieJar()
 
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("kwargs,expected", [
 	({}, {}),
 	
@@ -47,6 +44,7 @@
 def test_map_args_to_httpx(kwargs, expected):
 	assert ipfshttpclient.http_httpx.map_args_to_httpx(**kwargs) == expected
 
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("args,kwargs,expected_kwargs,expected_base,expected_laddr", [
 	(("/dns/localhost/tcp/5001/http", "api/v0"), {}, {
 		"params": [("stream-channels", "true")],
@@ -70,4 +68,4 @@ def test_client_args_to_session_kwargs(args, kwargs, expected_kwargs, expected_b
 	client = ipfshttpclient.http_httpx.ClientSync(*args, **kwargs)
 	assert client._session_kwargs == expected_kwargs
 	assert client._session_base == expected_base
-	assert client._session_laddr == expected_laddr
\ No newline at end of file
+	assert client._session_laddr == expected_laddr