diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index 4e0ffae4f3..3395430f38 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -78490,14 +78490,21 @@ writing asynchronous I/O backed applications.")
         (base32 "1xhaadfmm6m37f79xv5020gc3np9wqza3bq95ymp522qpfsw02as"))
        (snippet
         #~(begin (use-modules (guix build utils))
+                 ;; rust-flate2 doesn't have a 'tokio' feature.
                  (substitute* "Cargo.toml"
                    (("features = \\[\"tokio\"\\]") ""))))))
     (arguments
-     `(#:cargo-inputs
+     `(#:cargo-test-flags
+       '("--release" "--"
+         "--skip=block_on_timer"
+         "--skip=nested_enter::run_in_run"
+         "--skip=after_start_and_before_stop_is_called"
+         "--skip=from_block_on_all::spawn"
+         "--skip=runtime_tokio_run")
+       #:cargo-inputs
        (("rust-bytes" ,rust-bytes-0.4)
         ("rust-futures" ,rust-futures-0.1)
         ("rust-mio" ,rust-mio-0.6)
-        ("rust-miow" ,rust-miow-0.3)
         ("rust-num-cpus" ,rust-num-cpus-1)
         ("rust-tokio-codec" ,rust-tokio-codec-0.1)
         ("rust-tokio-current-thread" ,rust-tokio-current-thread-0.1)
@@ -78509,9 +78516,9 @@ writing asynchronous I/O backed applications.")
         ("rust-tokio-tcp" ,rust-tokio-tcp-0.1)
         ("rust-tokio-threadpool" ,rust-tokio-threadpool-0.1)
         ("rust-tokio-timer" ,rust-tokio-timer-0.2)
-        ("rust-tokio-trace-core" ,rust-tokio-trace-core-0.2)
         ("rust-tokio-udp" ,rust-tokio-udp-0.1)
-        ("rust-tokio-uds" ,rust-tokio-uds-0.2))
+        ("rust-tokio-uds" ,rust-tokio-uds-0.2)
+        ("rust-tracing-core" ,rust-tracing-core-0.1))
        #:cargo-development-inputs
        (("rust-env-logger" ,rust-env-logger-0.5)
         ("rust-flate2" ,rust-flate2-1)
@@ -78523,8 +78530,7 @@ writing asynchronous I/O backed applications.")
         ("rust-serde" ,rust-serde-1)
         ("rust-serde-derive" ,rust-serde-derive-1)
         ("rust-serde-json" ,rust-serde-json-1)
-        ("rust-time" ,rust-time-0.1)
-        ("rust-tracing-core" ,rust-tracing-core-0.1))))))
+        ("rust-time" ,rust-time-0.1))))))
 
 (define-public rust-tokio-buf-0.1
   (package