diff -ur libNeuroML-0.2.45.orig/neuroml/test/test_writers.py libNeuroML-0.2.45/neuroml/test/test_writers.py
--- libNeuroML-0.2.45.orig/neuroml/test/test_writers.py	2018-10-25 19:16:24.810033738 +0100
+++ libNeuroML-0.2.45/neuroml/test/test_writers.py	2018-10-25 19:20:13.278585079 +0100
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
         self.test_doc.cells.append(self.cell_3)
         self.test_doc.cells.append(neuroml_cell)        
 
+    @unittest.skip("Skipping mongodb test")
     def test_write_to_mongodb_backend(self):
         writer_method = neuroml.writers.JSONWriter.write_to_mongodb
 
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@
         except:
             self.fail("Exception raised!")
 
+    @unittest.skip("Skipping mongodb test")
     def test_write_to_mongodb_expected(self):
         """
         More of an integration test, write a file and confirm the contents are