diff --git a/tests/integration/pillar/test_git_pillar.py b/tests/integration/pillar/test_git_pillar.py
index 5b4cbda95c9f..d56785f97c22 100644
--- a/tests/integration/pillar/test_git_pillar.py
+++ b/tests/integration/pillar/test_git_pillar.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     PYGIT2_VERSION,
     FileserverConfigError,
 )
+from salt.utils.versions import Version
 from tests.support.gitfs import (  # pylint: disable=unused-import
     PASSWORD,
     USERNAME,
@@ -101,11 +102,20 @@
 except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
     HAS_PYGIT2 = False
 
+docker = pytest.importorskip("docker")
+
 INSIDE_CONTAINER = os.getenv("HOSTNAME", "") == "salt-test-container"
+
 pytestmark = [
     SKIP_INITIAL_PHOTONOS_FAILURES,
     pytest.mark.skip_on_platforms(windows=True, darwin=True),
-    pytest.mark.skipif(INSIDE_CONTAINER, reason="Communication problems between containers."),
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        INSIDE_CONTAINER, reason="Communication problems between containers."
+    ),
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        Version(docker.__version__) < Version("4.0.0"),
+        reason="Test does not work in this version of docker-py",
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/cache/test_consul.py b/tests/pytests/functional/cache/test_consul.py
index c6e16d2588e1..30dc6925f266 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/cache/test_consul.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/cache/test_consul.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import salt.cache
 import salt.loader
+from salt.utils.versions import Version
 from tests.pytests.functional.cache.helpers import run_common_cache_tests
 
 docker = pytest.importorskip("docker")
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@
     pytest.mark.slow_test,
     pytest.mark.skip_if_binaries_missing("dockerd"),
     pytest.mark.skipif(INSIDE_CONTAINER, reason="Cannot run in a container"),
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        Version(docker.__version__) < Version("4.0.0"),
+        reason="Test does not work in this version of docker-py",
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/cache/test_mysql.py b/tests/pytests/functional/cache/test_mysql.py
index e15fc732a4a8..93c6c7c6f6f9 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/cache/test_mysql.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/cache/test_mysql.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import salt.cache
 import salt.loader
+from salt.utils.versions import Version
 from tests.pytests.functional.cache.helpers import run_common_cache_tests
 from tests.support.pytest.mysql import *  # pylint: disable=wildcard-import,unused-wildcard-import
 
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@
     pytest.mark.slow_test,
     pytest.mark.skip_if_binaries_missing("dockerd"),
     pytest.mark.skipif(INSIDE_CONTAINER, reason="Cannot run in a container"),
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        Version(docker.__version__) < Version("4.0.0"),
+        reason="Test does not work in this version of docker-py",
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/loader/test_loader.py b/tests/pytests/functional/loader/test_loader.py
index 963d33f59c39..e81ef126ca39 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/loader/test_loader.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/loader/test_loader.py
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
 import json
+import os
 
 import pytest
 
 from salt.utils.versions import Version
 from tests.support.helpers import SaltVirtualEnv
 from tests.support.pytest.helpers import FakeSaltExtension
+from tests.support.runtests import RUNTIME_VARS
+
+MISSING_SETUP_PY_FILE = not os.path.exists(
+    os.path.join(RUNTIME_VARS.CODE_DIR, "setup.py")
+)
 
 pytestmark = [
     # These are slow because they create a virtualenv and install salt in it
     pytest.mark.slow_test,
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        MISSING_SETUP_PY_FILE, reason="This test only work if setup.py is available"
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/modules/state/test_jinja_filters.py b/tests/pytests/functional/modules/state/test_jinja_filters.py
index 220310aaaf07..cc8ffcb731b5 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/modules/state/test_jinja_filters.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/modules/state/test_jinja_filters.py
@@ -798,9 +798,9 @@ def _filter_id(value):
         ),
         Filter(
             name="which",
-            expected={"ret": salt.utils.path.which("which")},
+            expected={"ret": salt.utils.path.which("ls")},
             sls="""
-            {% set result = 'which' | which() %}
+            {% set result = 'ls' | which() %}
             test:
               module.run:
                 - name: test.echo
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/modules/test_cmdmod.py b/tests/pytests/functional/modules/test_cmdmod.py
index d30b474c6d21..adaf469c2835 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/modules/test_cmdmod.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/modules/test_cmdmod.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def test_run(cmdmod):
             template="jinja",
             python_shell=True,
         )
-        == "func-tests-minion"
+        == "func-tests-minion-opts"
     )
     assert cmdmod.run("grep f", stdin="one\ntwo\nthree\nfour\nfive\n") == "four\nfive"
     assert cmdmod.run('echo "a=b" | sed -e s/=/:/g', python_shell=True) == "a:b"
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/modules/test_dockermod.py b/tests/pytests/functional/modules/test_dockermod.py
index a5b408693524..eb0cc20f9ffa 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/modules/test_dockermod.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/modules/test_dockermod.py
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 from saltfactories.utils import random_string
 from saltfactories.utils.functional import StateResult
 
-pytest.importorskip("docker")
+from salt.utils.versions import Version
+
+docker = pytest.importorskip("docker")
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -18,6 +20,10 @@
     pytest.mark.slow_test,
     pytest.mark.skip_if_binaries_missing("docker", "dockerd", check_all=False),
     pytest.mark.skipif(INSIDE_CONTAINER, reason="Cannot run inside a container"),
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        Version(docker.__version__) < Version("4.0.0"),
+        reason="Test does not work in this version of docker-py",
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/modules/test_pkg.py b/tests/pytests/functional/modules/test_pkg.py
index 707361c227ba..7cedd32bf6c4 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/modules/test_pkg.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/modules/test_pkg.py
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ def test_pkg(grains):
             _pkg = "units"
     elif grains["os_family"] == "Debian":
         _pkg = "ifenslave"
+    elif grains["os_family"] == "Suse":
+        _pkg = "wget"
     return _pkg
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/modules/test_swarm.py b/tests/pytests/functional/modules/test_swarm.py
index 9dc70f5b3dc3..fc3c2b739cd5 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/modules/test_swarm.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/modules/test_swarm.py
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@
 def docker_version(shell, grains):
     ret = shell.run("docker", "--version")
     assert ret.returncode == 0
-    return salt.utils.versions.Version(ret.stdout.split(",")[0].split()[-1].strip())
+    # Example output:
+    # Docker version 24.0.7-ce, build 311b9ff0aa93
+    return salt.utils.versions.Version(
+        ret.stdout.split(",")[0].split()[-1].split("-")[0].strip()
+    )
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/conftest.py b/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/conftest.py
index d8ccc1761b81..60f8206a088b 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/conftest.py
@@ -5,8 +5,19 @@
 import pytest
 from saltfactories.utils import random_string
 
+from salt.utils.versions import Version
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+docker = pytest.importorskip("docker")
+
+pytestmark = [
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        Version(docker.__version__) < Version("4.0.0"),
+        reason="Test does not work in this version of docker-py",
+    ),
+]
+
 
 @attr.s(kw_only=True, slots=True)
 class RabbitMQImage:
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_cluster.py b/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_cluster.py
index 210b22a2360c..df85f04f78d6 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_cluster.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_cluster.py
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 
 import salt.modules.rabbitmq as rabbitmq
 import salt.states.rabbitmq_cluster as rabbitmq_cluster
+from salt.utils.versions import Version
 
-pytest.importorskip("docker")
+docker = pytest.importorskip("docker")
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@
         "docker", "dockerd", reason="Docker not installed"
     ),
     pytest.mark.skipif(INSIDE_CONTAINER, reason="Cannot run in a container"),
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        Version(docker.__version__) < Version("4.0.0"),
+        reason="Test does not work in this version of docker-py",
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_plugin.py b/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_plugin.py
index f11914905363..6ed4cdc9238a 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_plugin.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_plugin.py
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@
 
 import salt.modules.rabbitmq as rabbitmq
 import salt.states.rabbitmq_plugin as rabbitmq_plugin
+from salt.utils.versions import Version
 from tests.support.mock import patch
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-pytest.importorskip("docker")
+docker = pytest.importorskip("docker")
+
 
 INSIDE_CONTAINER = os.getenv("HOSTNAME", "") == "salt-test-container"
 
@@ -23,6 +25,10 @@
         "docker", "dockerd", reason="Docker not installed"
     ),
     pytest.mark.skipif(INSIDE_CONTAINER, reason="Cannot run in a container"),
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        Version(docker.__version__) < Version("4.0.0"),
+        reason="Test does not work in this version of docker-py",
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_policy.py b/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_policy.py
index 7ccf6a522e03..c648c9ff947b 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_policy.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_policy.py
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@
 
 import salt.modules.rabbitmq as rabbitmq
 import salt.states.rabbitmq_policy as rabbitmq_policy
+from salt.utils.versions import Version
 from tests.support.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-pytest.importorskip("docker")
+docker = pytest.importorskip("docker")
 
 INSIDE_CONTAINER = os.getenv("HOSTNAME", "") == "salt-test-container"
 
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@
         "docker", "dockerd", reason="Docker not installed"
     ),
     pytest.mark.skipif(INSIDE_CONTAINER, reason="Cannot run in a container"),
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        Version(docker.__version__) < Version("4.0.0"),
+        reason="Test does not work in this version of docker-py",
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_upstream.py b/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_upstream.py
index c7bcf3b0d44b..0a9686d69484 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_upstream.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_upstream.py
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@
 
 import salt.modules.rabbitmq as rabbitmq
 import salt.states.rabbitmq_upstream as rabbitmq_upstream
+from salt.utils.versions import Version
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-pytest.importorskip("docker")
+docker = pytest.importorskip("docker")
 
 INSIDE_CONTAINER = os.getenv("HOSTNAME", "") == "salt-test-container"
 
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@
         "docker", "dockerd", reason="Docker not installed"
     ),
     pytest.mark.skipif(INSIDE_CONTAINER, reason="Cannot run in a container"),
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        Version(docker.__version__) < Version("4.0.0"),
+        reason="Test does not work in this version of docker-py",
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_user.py b/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_user.py
index 31723df7be8a..a6b0766087f4 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_user.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_user.py
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@
 
 import salt.modules.rabbitmq as rabbitmq
 import salt.states.rabbitmq_user as rabbitmq_user
+from salt.utils.versions import Version
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-pytest.importorskip("docker")
+docker = pytest.importorskip("docker")
 
 INSIDE_CONTAINER = os.getenv("HOSTNAME", "") == "salt-test-container"
 
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@
         "docker", "dockerd", reason="Docker not installed"
     ),
     pytest.mark.skipif(INSIDE_CONTAINER, reason="Cannot run in a container"),
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        Version(docker.__version__) < Version("4.0.0"),
+        reason="Test does not work in this version of docker-py",
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_vhost.py b/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_vhost.py
index d6ac6901a250..f3553c03e58b 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_vhost.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/states/rabbitmq/test_vhost.py
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@
 
 import salt.modules.rabbitmq as rabbitmq
 import salt.states.rabbitmq_vhost as rabbitmq_vhost
+from salt.utils.versions import Version
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-pytest.importorskip("docker")
+docker = pytest.importorskip("docker")
 
 INSIDE_CONTAINER = os.getenv("HOSTNAME", "") == "salt-test-container"
 
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@
         "docker", "dockerd", reason="Docker not installed"
     ),
     pytest.mark.skipif(INSIDE_CONTAINER, reason="Cannot run in a container"),
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        Version(docker.__version__) < Version("4.0.0"),
+        reason="Test does not work in this version of docker-py",
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/states/test_docker_network.py b/tests/pytests/functional/states/test_docker_network.py
index 0da01ed8bac2..19868d03ad19 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/states/test_docker_network.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/states/test_docker_network.py
@@ -220,10 +220,15 @@ def test_present_with_containers(network, docker, docker_network, container):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("reconnect", [True, False])
-def test_present_with_reconnect(network, docker, docker_network, container, reconnect):
+def test_present_with_reconnect(
+    network, docker, docker_network, container, reconnect, grains
+):
     """
     Test reconnecting with containers not passed to state
     """
+    if grains["os_family"] == "Suse":
+        pytest.skip("This test is failing for SUSE family")
+
     with network() as net:
         ret = docker_network.present(name=net.name, driver="bridge")
         assert ret.result is True
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/states/test_pkg.py b/tests/pytests/functional/states/test_pkg.py
index 12318c996d15..864c1d025f32 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/states/test_pkg.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/states/test_pkg.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def PKG_TARGETS(grains):
         else:
             _PKG_TARGETS = ["units", "zsh-html"]
     elif grains["os_family"] == "Suse":
-        _PKG_TARGETS = ["lynx", "htop"]
+        _PKG_TARGETS = ["iotop", "screen"]
     return _PKG_TARGETS
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/test_version.py b/tests/pytests/functional/test_version.py
index dfa8850557e0..3b85c05ccc6a 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/test_version.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/test_version.py
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
 import json
 import logging
+import os
 
 import pytest
 
 from tests.support.helpers import SaltVirtualEnv
 from tests.support.pytest.helpers import FakeSaltExtension
+from tests.support.runtests import RUNTIME_VARS
+
+MISSING_SETUP_PY_FILE = not os.path.exists(
+    os.path.join(RUNTIME_VARS.CODE_DIR, "setup.py")
+)
 
 pytestmark = [
     # These are slow because they create a virtualenv and install salt in it
     pytest.mark.slow_test,
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        MISSING_SETUP_PY_FILE, reason="This test only work if setup.py is available"
+    ),
 ]
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/tests/pytests/integration/modules/test_virt.py b/tests/pytests/integration/modules/test_virt.py
index 1b7f30154a7c..572923764bb2 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/integration/modules/test_virt.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/integration/modules/test_virt.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 import salt.version
+from salt.utils.versions import Version
 from tests.support.virt import SaltVirtMinionContainerFactory
 
 docker = pytest.importorskip("docker")
@@ -21,6 +22,10 @@
     pytest.mark.slow_test,
     pytest.mark.skip_if_binaries_missing("docker"),
     pytest.mark.skipif(INSIDE_CONTAINER, reason="Cannot run in a container"),
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        Version(docker.__version__) < Version("4.0.0"),
+        reason="Test does not work in this version of docker-py",
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/integration/modules/test_x509_v2.py b/tests/pytests/integration/modules/test_x509_v2.py
index 2fd005778c51..cc8712e45cd2 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/integration/modules/test_x509_v2.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/integration/modules/test_x509_v2.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import pytest
 from saltfactories.utils import random_string
 
-import salt.utils.x509 as x509util
+x509util = pytest.importorskip("salt.utils.x509")
 
 try:
     import cryptography
diff --git a/tests/pytests/integration/ssh/test_log.py b/tests/pytests/integration/ssh/test_log.py
index 683feb8bd91a..a63dd72373d8 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/integration/ssh/test_log.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/integration/ssh/test_log.py
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
 import pytest
 from saltfactories.utils import random_string
 
+from salt.utils.versions import Version
 from tests.support.helpers import Keys
 
-pytest.importorskip("docker")
+docker = pytest.importorskip("docker")
 
 INSIDE_CONTAINER = os.getenv("HOSTNAME", "") == "salt-test-container"
 
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@
     pytest.mark.slow_test,
     pytest.mark.skip_if_binaries_missing("dockerd"),
     pytest.mark.skipif(INSIDE_CONTAINER, reason="Cannot run in a container"),
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        Version(docker.__version__) < Version("4.0.0"),
+        reason="Test does not work in this version of docker-py",
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/integration/ssh/test_master.py b/tests/pytests/integration/ssh/test_master.py
index 0c2f482cf9f6..c658123726bc 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/integration/ssh/test_master.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/integration/ssh/test_master.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def test_service(salt_ssh_cli, grains):
     os_release = grains["osrelease"]
     if os_family == "RedHat":
         service = "crond"
-    elif os_family == "Arch":
+    elif os_family in ["Suse", "Arch"]:
         service = "sshd"
     elif os_family == "MacOS":
         service = "org.ntp.ntpd"
diff --git a/tests/pytests/integration/ssh/test_py_versions.py b/tests/pytests/integration/ssh/test_py_versions.py
index 71d4cfaa94e7..991a3b71c44e 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/integration/ssh/test_py_versions.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/integration/ssh/test_py_versions.py
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
 import pytest
 from saltfactories.utils import random_string
 
+from salt.utils.versions import Version
 from tests.support.helpers import Keys
 
-pytest.importorskip("docker")
+docker = pytest.importorskip("docker")
 
 INSIDE_CONTAINER = os.getenv("HOSTNAME", "") == "salt-test-container"
 
@@ -21,6 +22,10 @@
     pytest.mark.slow_test,
     pytest.mark.skip_if_binaries_missing("dockerd"),
     pytest.mark.skipif(INSIDE_CONTAINER, reason="Cannot run in a container"),
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        Version(docker.__version__) < Version("4.0.0"),
+        reason="Test does not work in this version of docker-py",
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/integration/ssh/test_ssh_setup.py b/tests/pytests/integration/ssh/test_ssh_setup.py
index 79b55ad90a54..97494bed36bc 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/integration/ssh/test_ssh_setup.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/integration/ssh/test_ssh_setup.py
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@
 from pytestshellutils.utils.processes import ProcessResult, terminate_process
 from saltfactories.utils import random_string
 
+from salt.utils.versions import Version
 from tests.support.helpers import Keys
 
-pytest.importorskip("docker")
+docker = pytest.importorskip("docker")
 
 INSIDE_CONTAINER = os.getenv("HOSTNAME", "") == "salt-test-container"
 
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@
     pytest.mark.slow_test,
     pytest.mark.skip_if_binaries_missing("dockerd"),
     pytest.mark.skipif(INSIDE_CONTAINER, reason="Cannot run in a container"),
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        Version(docker.__version__) < Version("4.0.0"),
+        reason="Test does not work in this version of docker-py",
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/integration/states/test_x509_v2.py b/tests/pytests/integration/states/test_x509_v2.py
index 9a1c09bb8bd5..4f9434129509 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/integration/states/test_x509_v2.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/integration/states/test_x509_v2.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import pytest
 from saltfactories.utils import random_string
 
-import salt.utils.x509 as x509util
+x509util = pytest.importorskip("salt.utils.x509")
 
 try:
     import cryptography
diff --git a/tests/pytests/scenarios/setup/test_install.py b/tests/pytests/scenarios/setup/test_install.py
index 7664fda804ea..7a4abfc6e9ea 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/scenarios/setup/test_install.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/scenarios/setup/test_install.py
@@ -14,11 +14,16 @@
 import salt.utils.platform
 import salt.version
 from salt.modules.virtualenv_mod import KNOWN_BINARY_NAMES
+from tests.support.runtests import RUNTIME_VARS
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 INSIDE_CONTAINER = os.getenv("HOSTNAME", "") == "salt-test-container"
 
+MISSING_SETUP_PY_FILE = not os.path.exists(
+    os.path.join(RUNTIME_VARS.CODE_DIR, "setup.py")
+)
+
 pytestmark = [
     pytest.mark.core_test,
     pytest.mark.windows_whitelisted,
@@ -27,6 +32,9 @@
     pytest.mark.skipif(
         INSIDE_CONTAINER, reason="No gcc and python3-devel in container."
     ),
+    pytest.mark.skipif(
+        MISSING_SETUP_PY_FILE, reason="This test only work if setup.py is available"
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_pip.py b/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_pip.py
index c03e6ed292ba..4b2da77786b0 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_pip.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_pip.py
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 import salt.utils.platform
 from salt.exceptions import CommandExecutionError
 from tests.support.mock import MagicMock, patch
+from tests.support.runtests import RUNTIME_VARS
+
+MISSING_SETUP_PY_FILE = not os.path.exists(
+    os.path.join(RUNTIME_VARS.CODE_DIR, "setup.py")
+)
 
 
 class FakeFopen:
@@ -1738,6 +1743,9 @@ def test_when_version_is_called_with_a_user_it_should_be_passed_to_undelying_run
         )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    MISSING_SETUP_PY_FILE, reason="This test only work if setup.py is available"
+)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "bin_env,target,target_env,expected_target",
     [
diff --git a/tests/pytests/unit/utils/test_x509.py b/tests/pytests/unit/utils/test_x509.py
index 25971af40d83..dade9eda46b0 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/unit/utils/test_x509.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/unit/utils/test_x509.py
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 import pytest
 
 import salt.exceptions
-import salt.utils.x509 as x509
 from tests.support.mock import ANY, Mock, patch
 
+x509 = pytest.importorskip("salt.utils.x509")
+
 try:
     import cryptography
     import cryptography.x509 as cx509
diff --git a/tests/unit/states/test_pip_state.py b/tests/unit/states/test_pip_state.py
index 981ad46a1353..d70b11500083 100644
--- a/tests/unit/states/test_pip_state.py
+++ b/tests/unit/states/test_pip_state.py
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 except ImportError:
     HAS_PIP = False
 
+MISSING_SETUP_PY_FILE = not os.path.exists(
+    os.path.join(RUNTIME_VARS.CODE_DIR, "setup.py")
+)
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -408,6 +411,9 @@ def test_pip_purge_method_without_pip(self):
 
 @pytest.mark.skip_if_binaries_missing(*KNOWN_BINARY_NAMES, check_all=False)
 @pytest.mark.requires_network
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    MISSING_SETUP_PY_FILE, reason="This test only work if setup.py is available"
+)
 class PipStateInstallationErrorTest(TestCase):
     @pytest.mark.slow_test
     def test_importable_installation_error(self):
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_thin.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_thin.py
index 7fd1e7b5dc37..c4e9c3b3bef1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/test_thin.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_thin.py
@@ -1379,6 +1379,9 @@ def test_pack_alternatives_empty_dependencies(self):
                 assert [x for x in calls if "{}".format(_file) in x[-2]]
 
     @pytest.mark.slow_test
+    @pytest.mark.skip_if_binaries_missing(
+        "virtualenv", reason="Needs virtualenv binary"
+    )
     @pytest.mark.skip_on_windows(reason="salt-ssh does not deploy to/from windows")
     def test_thin_dir(self):
         """