diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_qtutils.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_qtutils.py
index 8791b6779..768ba0601 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/test_qtutils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_qtutils.py
@@ -520,11 +520,13 @@ def test_unset_organization(qapp, orgname, expected):
     assert qapp.organizationName() == expected
 
 
-if test_file is not None:
+if test_file is not None and sys.platform != 'darwin':
     # If we were able to import Python's test_file module, we run some code
     # here which defines unittest TestCases to run the python tests over
     # PyQIODevice.
 
+    # Those are not run on OS X because that seems to cause a hang sometimes.
+
     @pytest.yield_fixture(scope='session', autouse=True)
     def clean_up_python_testfile():
         """Clean up the python testfile after tests if tests didn't."""