diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index 26bc4f9b..6f277a2a 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   SimpleCov.formatter = SimpleCov::Formatter::RcovFormatter
   SimpleCov.start
 rescue LoadError
-end
+end if ENV['CI']
+
 require 'test/unit'
 
 require 'httpclient'