diff --git a/Lib/test/test_robotparser.py b/Lib/test/test_robotparser.py
index 08bdf59d333..3821d66c2db 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_robotparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_robotparser.py
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ def testPasswordProtectedSite(self):
         self.assertFalse(parser.can_fetch("*", robots_url))
 
 
+@support.requires_working_socket()
 class NetworkTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
     base_url = 'http://www.pythontest.net/'
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py b/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
index c498d3d12e2..2edb1e0c0e2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 
 test.support.requires("network")
+test.support.requires_working_socket(module=True)
+
 
 TEST_STR = b"hello world\n"
 HOST = socket_helper.HOST
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_timeout.py b/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
index 70a0175d771..fa85c7e6cd8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 from test import support
 from test.support import socket_helper
 
-# This requires the 'network' resource as given on the regrtest command line.
-skip_expected = not support.is_resource_enabled('network')
-
 import time
 import errno
 import socket
@@ -292,6 +289,7 @@ def testRecvfromTimeout(self):
 
 def setUpModule():
     support.requires('network')
+    support.requires_working_socket(module=True)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":