diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/tests/test_create_flake.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/tests/test_create_flake.py
index 200f8bbe2..5c5b2a944 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/tests/test_create_flake.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/tests/test_create_flake.py
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ def test_create_flake(
 
     # create a hardware-configuration.nix that doesn't throw an eval error
 
-    for patch_machine in ["jon", "sara"]:
-        (
-            flake_dir / "machines" / f"{patch_machine}/hardware-configuration.nix"
-        ).write_text("{}")
+    # for patch_machine in ["jon", "sara"]:
+    #     (
+    #         flake_dir / "machines" / f"{patch_machine}/hardware-configuration.nix"
+    #     ).write_text("{}")
 
     with capture_output as output:
         cli.run(["machines", "list"])
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ def test_create_flake_existing_git(
 
     # create a hardware-configuration.nix that doesn't throw an eval error
 
-    for patch_machine in ["jon", "sara"]:
-        (
-            flake_dir / "machines" / f"{patch_machine}/hardware-configuration.nix"
-        ).write_text("{}")
+    # for patch_machine in ["jon", "sara"]:
+    #     (
+    #         flake_dir / "machines" / f"{patch_machine}/hardware-configuration.nix"
+    #     ).write_text("{}")
 
     with capture_output as output:
         cli.run(["machines", "list"])