diff --git a/cherrypy/test/test_tools.py b/cherrypy/test/test_tools.py
index 3a0fd389..e357a445 100644
--- a/cherrypy/test/test_tools.py
+++ b/cherrypy/test/test_tools.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import unittest
 import operator
 from http.client import IncompleteRead
 
+import pytest
+
 import cherrypy
 from cherrypy import tools
 from cherrypy._cpcompat import ntou
@@ -343,6 +345,7 @@ class ToolTests(helper.CPWebCase):
         expected_msg = tmpl.format(attr='items')
         self.assertInBody(expected_msg)
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif('sys.hexversion >= 0x03080000')
     def testCombinedTools(self):
         expectedResult = (ntou('Hello,world') +
                           europoundUnicode).encode('utf-8')
