diff --git a/backend/cache/cache_internal_test.go b/backend/cache/cache_internal_test.go
index 60f27e9f6..2f13340f9 100644
--- a/backend/cache/cache_internal_test.go
+++ b/backend/cache/cache_internal_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/object"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/rc"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fstest"
+	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fstest/testy"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/random"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/vfs"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/vfs/vfsflags"
@@ -299,6 +300,7 @@ func TestInternalRemoteWrittenFileFoundInMount(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestInternalCachedWrittenContentMatches(t *testing.T) {
+	testy.SkipUnreliable(t)
 	id := fmt.Sprintf("ticwcm%v", time.Now().Unix())
 	rootFs, boltDb := runInstance.newCacheFs(t, remoteName, id, false, true, nil, nil)
 	defer runInstance.cleanupFs(t, rootFs, boltDb)
@@ -342,6 +344,7 @@ func TestInternalDoubleWrittenContentMatches(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestInternalCachedUpdatedContentMatches(t *testing.T) {
+	testy.SkipUnreliable(t)
 	id := fmt.Sprintf("ticucm%v", time.Now().Unix())
 	rootFs, boltDb := runInstance.newCacheFs(t, remoteName, id, false, true, nil, nil)
 	defer runInstance.cleanupFs(t, rootFs, boltDb)
diff --git a/fs/accounting/stats_groups_test.go b/fs/accounting/stats_groups_test.go
index b61f6fabd..76d93bf64 100644
--- a/fs/accounting/stats_groups_test.go
+++ b/fs/accounting/stats_groups_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fstest/testy"
 )
 
 func TestStatsGroupOperations(t *testing.T) {
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ func TestStatsGroupOperations(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("memory is reclaimed", func(t *testing.T) {
+		testy.SkipUnreliable(t)
 		var (
 			count      = 1000
 			start, end runtime.MemStats
diff --git a/fs/rc/jobs/job_test.go b/fs/rc/jobs/job_test.go
index fd40a44be..4126c32f9 100644
--- a/fs/rc/jobs/job_test.go
+++ b/fs/rc/jobs/job_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/rc"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/rc/rcflags"
+	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fstest/testy"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ func TestNewJobs(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestJobsKickExpire(t *testing.T) {
+	testy.SkipUnreliable(t)
 	jobs := newJobs()
 	jobs.opt.JobExpireInterval = time.Millisecond
 	assert.Equal(t, false, jobs.expireRunning)
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ func TestJobsKickExpire(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestJobsExpire(t *testing.T) {
+	testy.SkipUnreliable(t)
 	wait := make(chan struct{})
 	jobs := newJobs()
 	jobs.opt.JobExpireInterval = time.Millisecond
diff --git a/lib/pool/pool_test.go b/lib/pool/pool_test.go
index 04b46834a..90b0e03fa 100644
--- a/lib/pool/pool_test.go
+++ b/lib/pool/pool_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fstest/testy"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -215,7 +216,12 @@ func TestPool(t *testing.T) {
 	} {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Run("GetPut", func(t *testing.T) { testGetPut(t, test.useMmap, test.unreliable) })
-			t.Run("Flusher", func(t *testing.T) { testFlusher(t, test.useMmap, test.unreliable) })
+			t.Run("Flusher", func(t *testing.T) {
+				if test.name == "canFail" {
+					testy.SkipUnreliable(t) // fails regularly on macOS
+				}
+				testFlusher(t, test.useMmap, test.unreliable)
+			})
 		})
 	}
 }