.gitmodules               | 3 ---

 init-tests-after-clone.sh | 2 +-

 pyproject.toml            | 2 +-

 test/lib/helper.py        | 3 +++

 test/test_docs.py         | 4 ++++

 test/test_remote.py       | 4 ++++

 test/test_repo.py         | 9 +++++++++

 7 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules

index 251eeeec..e69de29b 100644

--- a/.gitmodules

+++ b/.gitmodules

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@

-[submodule "gitdb"]

-	url = https://github.com/gitpython-developers/gitdb.git

-	path = git/ext/gitdb

diff --git a/init-tests-after-clone.sh b/init-tests-after-clone.sh

index e852f3cd..39bdcbd5 100755

--- a/init-tests-after-clone.sh

+++ b/init-tests-after-clone.sh

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ git reset --hard HEAD~1

 git reset --hard HEAD~1

 git reset --hard HEAD~1

 git reset --hard __testing_point__

-git submodule update --init --recursive

\ No newline at end of file

+# git submodule update --init --recursive

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml

index 0d5ebf01..077c7f89 100644

--- a/pyproject.toml

+++ b/pyproject.toml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"

 [tool.pytest.ini_options]

 python_files = 'test_*.py'

 testpaths = 'test'  # space separated list of paths from root e.g test tests doc/testing

-addopts = '--cov=git --cov-report=term --maxfail=10 --force-sugar --disable-warnings'

+addopts = '--maxfail=10 --disable-warnings'

 filterwarnings = 'ignore::DeprecationWarning'

 # --cov   coverage

 # --cov-report term  # send report to terminal term-missing -> terminal with line numbers  html  xml

diff --git a/test/lib/helper.py b/test/lib/helper.py

index c04c5cd9..4c6ed555 100644

--- a/test/lib/helper.py

+++ b/test/lib/helper.py

@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ class TestBase(TestCase):

       of the project history ( to assure tests don't fail for others ).

     """

+    @skipIf(

+        os.environ.get("NO_SUBMODULES") is not None, "Requires gitdb submodule"

+    )

     def _small_repo_url(self):

         """:return" a path to a small, clonable repository"""

         from git.cmd import Git

diff --git a/test/test_docs.py b/test/test_docs.py

index 20027c19..b9bc4490 100644

--- a/test/test_docs.py

+++ b/test/test_docs.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@

 #

 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under

 # the BSD License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php

+from unittest import skipIf

 import os

 import sys

@@ -483,6 +484,9 @@ class Tutorials(TestBase):

         reason="Cygwin GitPython can't find SHA for submodule",

         raises=ValueError

     )

+    @skipIf(

+        os.environ.get("NO_SUBMODULES") is not None, "Requires gitdb submodule"

+    )

     def test_submodules(self):

         # [1-test_submodules]

         repo = self.rorepo

diff --git a/test/test_remote.py b/test/test_remote.py

index 9636ca48..a1008ead 100644

--- a/test/test_remote.py

+++ b/test/test_remote.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@

 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under

 # the BSD License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php

+import os

 import random

 import tempfile

 import pytest

@@ -681,6 +682,9 @@ class TestRemote(TestBase):

         # will raise fatal: Will not delete all non-push URLs

         self.assertRaises(GitCommandError, remote.delete_url, test3)

+    @skipIf(

+        os.environ.get("NO_INTERNET") is not None, "Required Internet"

+    )

     def test_fetch_error(self):

         rem = self.rorepo.remote("origin")

         with self.assertRaisesRegex(GitCommandError, "[Cc]ouldn't find remote ref __BAD_REF__"):

diff --git a/test/test_repo.py b/test/test_repo.py

index 5c66aeeb..668fbc40 100644

--- a/test/test_repo.py

+++ b/test/test_repo.py

@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ class TestRepo(TestBase):

             except UnicodeEncodeError:

                 self.fail("Raised UnicodeEncodeError")

+    @skipIf(

+        os.environ.get("NO_INTERNET") is not None, "Required Internet"

+    )

     @with_rw_directory

     def test_leaking_password_in_clone_logs(self, rw_dir):

         password = "fakepassword1234"

@@ -1116,6 +1119,9 @@ class TestRepo(TestBase):

         reason="Cygwin GitPython can't find submodule SHA",

         raises=ValueError

     )

+    @skipIf(

+        os.environ.get("NO_SUBMODULES") is not None, "Requires gitdb submodule"

+    )

     def test_submodules(self):

         self.assertEqual(len(self.rorepo.submodules), 1)  # non-recursive

         self.assertGreaterEqual(len(list(self.rorepo.iter_submodules())), 2)

@@ -1124,6 +1130,9 @@ class TestRepo(TestBase):

         self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.rorepo.submodule, "doesn't exist")

     @with_rw_repo("HEAD", bare=False)

+    @skipIf(

+        os.environ.get("NO_SUBMODULES") is not None, "Requires gitdb submodule"

+    )

     def test_submodule_update(self, rwrepo):

         # fails in bare mode

         rwrepo._bare = True