diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-core.yml b/.github/workflows/test-core.yml
index 6727d3105..3de7c1ee2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-core.yml
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ jobs:
         source activate shpc
         which shpc
         cd shpc/tests
-        ln -s ~/.docker/run/docker.sock /var/run/docker.sock
+        export GITHUB_CI=yes
         pytest -sxv test_*.py
diff --git a/shpc/tests/test_container.py b/shpc/tests/test_container.py
index cf513d9dc..06a8799bd 100644
--- a/shpc/tests/test_container.py
+++ b/shpc/tests/test_container.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 root = os.path.dirname(here)
 
+ci = os.environ.get("GITHUB_CI")
 
 def test_pull_gh(tmp_path):
     """
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ def test_podman(tmp_path):
     assert not cli.exists(result)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(ci is not None, reason="GitHub actions docker socket not working")
 def test_docker(tmp_path):
     """
     Test a singularity container command