diff --git a/auditors/deprecatedapis/depreceatedapis_test.go b/auditors/deprecatedapis/depreceatedapis_test.go
index eb892e27..ad0352f7 100644
--- a/auditors/deprecatedapis/depreceatedapis_test.go
+++ b/auditors/deprecatedapis/depreceatedapis_test.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestAuditDeprecatedAPIs(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// disable local tests when running in dev mode
 			if os.Getenv("USE_KIND") == "false" {
-				return
+				t.Skip("set USE_KIND=true to run this test")
 			}
 
 			report = test.AuditLocal(t, fixtureDir, tc.file, auditor, fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", strings.Split(tc.file, ".")[0], i), []string{DeprecatedAPIUsed})