diff --git a/modules/analysis/src/test/scala/docspell/analysis/Env.scala b/modules/analysis/src/test/scala/docspell/analysis/Env.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dec26074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/analysis/src/test/scala/docspell/analysis/Env.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package docspell.analysis
+
+object Env {
+
+  def isCI = bool("CI")
+
+  def bool(key: String): Boolean =
+    string(key).contains("true")
+
+  def string(key: String): Option[String] =
+    Option(System.getenv(key)).filter(_.nonEmpty)
+}
diff --git a/modules/analysis/src/test/scala/docspell/analysis/nlp/BaseCRFAnnotatorSuite.scala b/modules/analysis/src/test/scala/docspell/analysis/nlp/BaseCRFAnnotatorSuite.scala
index 2f0cab57..29b3b966 100644
--- a/modules/analysis/src/test/scala/docspell/analysis/nlp/BaseCRFAnnotatorSuite.scala
+++ b/modules/analysis/src/test/scala/docspell/analysis/nlp/BaseCRFAnnotatorSuite.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package docspell.analysis.nlp
 
+import docspell.analysis.Env
 import docspell.common.Language.NLPLanguage
 import minitest.SimpleTestSuite
 import docspell.files.TestFiles
@@ -11,6 +12,10 @@ object BaseCRFAnnotatorSuite extends SimpleTestSuite {
     BasicCRFAnnotator.nerAnnotate(BasicCRFAnnotator.Cache.getAnnotator(language))
 
   test("find english ner labels") {
+    if (Env.isCI) {
+      ignore("Test ignored on travis.")
+    }
+
     val labels = annotate(Language.English)(TestFiles.letterENText)
     val expect = Vector(
       NerLabel("Derek", NerTag.Person, 0, 5),
@@ -47,6 +52,10 @@ object BaseCRFAnnotatorSuite extends SimpleTestSuite {
   }
 
   test("find german ner labels") {
+    if (Env.isCI) {
+      ignore("Test ignored on travis.")
+    }
+
     val labels = annotate(Language.German)(TestFiles.letterDEText)
     val expect = Vector(
       NerLabel("Max", NerTag.Person, 0, 3),
diff --git a/modules/analysis/src/test/scala/docspell/analysis/nlp/StanfordNerAnnotatorSuite.scala b/modules/analysis/src/test/scala/docspell/analysis/nlp/StanfordNerAnnotatorSuite.scala
index 416cdff7..91ab7a39 100644
--- a/modules/analysis/src/test/scala/docspell/analysis/nlp/StanfordNerAnnotatorSuite.scala
+++ b/modules/analysis/src/test/scala/docspell/analysis/nlp/StanfordNerAnnotatorSuite.scala
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package docspell.analysis.nlp
 import java.nio.file.Paths
 
 import cats.effect.IO
+import docspell.analysis.Env
 import minitest.SimpleTestSuite
 import docspell.files.TestFiles
 import docspell.common._
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@ object StanfordNerAnnotatorSuite extends SimpleTestSuite {
     new StanfordCoreNLP(Properties.nerEnglish(None))
 
   test("find english ner labels") {
+    if (Env.isCI) {
+      ignore("Test ignored on travis.")
+    }
+
     val labels =
       StanfordNerAnnotator.nerAnnotate(englishClassifier, TestFiles.letterENText)
     val expect = Vector(
@@ -53,6 +58,10 @@ object StanfordNerAnnotatorSuite extends SimpleTestSuite {
   }
 
   test("find german ner labels") {
+    if (Env.isCI) {
+      ignore("Test ignored on travis.")
+    }
+
     val labels =
       StanfordNerAnnotator.nerAnnotate(germanClassifier, TestFiles.letterDEText)
     val expect = Vector(
@@ -74,6 +83,10 @@ object StanfordNerAnnotatorSuite extends SimpleTestSuite {
   }
 
   test("regexner-only annotator") {
+    if (Env.isCI) {
+      ignore("Test ignored on travis.")
+    }
+
     val regexNerContent =
       s"""(?i)volantino ag${"\t"}ORGANIZATION${"\t"}LOCATION,PERSON,MISC${"\t"}3
       |(?i)volantino${"\t"}ORGANIZATION${"\t"}LOCATION,PERSON,MISC${"\t"}3