diff --git a/nyx_mode/build_nyx_support.sh b/nyx_mode/build_nyx_support.sh
index 9b75b7bf..b7ec92e8 100755
--- a/nyx_mode/build_nyx_support.sh
+++ b/nyx_mode/build_nyx_support.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ echo "           Nyx build script"
 echo "================================================="
 echo
 
-echo "[*] Performing basic sanity checks..."
+echo "[+] Nyx mode dependencies are built in other derivations, skipping ..."
+exit 1
 
 if [ "$CI" = "true" ]; then
 
diff --git a/test/test-nyx-mode.sh b/test/test-nyx-mode.sh
index 7aaa8c5b..5f624ada 100755
--- a/test/test-nyx-mode.sh
+++ b/test/test-nyx-mode.sh
@@ -4,78 +4,7 @@
 
 $ECHO "$BLUE[*] Testing: nyx_mode"
 
-test "$CI" = "true" && {
-  $ECHO "$YELLOW[-] nyx_mode cannot be tested in the Github CI, skipping ..."
-} || {
-
- unset AFL_CC
-
- test -e ../libnyx.so && {
-  ../afl-cc -o test-instr ../test-instr.c > errors 2>&1
-  test -e test-instr && {
-    {
-      rm -rf nyx-test in out
-      $ECHO "$GREY[*] running nyx_packer"
-      python3 ../nyx_mode/packer/packer/nyx_packer.py \
-        ./test-instr \
-        nyx-test \
-        afl \
-        instrumentation \
-        --fast_reload_mode \
-        --purge > /dev/null 2>&1
-
-      test -e nyx-test/test-instr && {
-
-        $ECHO "$GREY[*] running nyx_config_gen"
-        python3 ../nyx_mode/packer/packer/nyx_config_gen.py nyx-test Kernel > /dev/null 2>&1
-        
-        test -e nyx-test/config.ron && {
-          sudo modprobe -r kvm-intel
-          sudo modprobe -r kvm
-          sudo modprobe  kvm enable_vmware_backdoor=y
-          sudo modprobe  kvm-intel
-          #cat /sys/module/kvm/parameters/enable_vmware_backdoor 
-
-          mkdir -p in
-          echo 00000 > in/in
-          $ECHO "$GREY[*] running afl-fuzz for nyx_mode, this will take approx 10 seconds"
-          {
-            AFL_DEBUG=1 ../afl-fuzz -i in -o out -V05 -X -- ./nyx-test >>errors 2>&1
-          } >>errors 2>&1
-          test -n "$( ls out/default/queue/id:000002* 2>/dev/null )" && {
-            $ECHO "$GREEN[+] afl-fuzz is working correctly with nyx_mode"
-            RUNTIME=`grep execs_done out/default/fuzzer_stats | awk '{print$3}'`
-            rm -rf errors nyx-test test-instr in out
-          } || {
-            echo CUT------------------------------------------------------------------CUT
-            cat errors
-            echo CUT------------------------------------------------------------------CUT
-            $ECHO "$RED[!] afl-fuzz is not working correctly with nyx_mode"
-            CODE=1
-          }
-        } || {
-          $ECHO "$RED[!] nyx_packer failed, likely install requirements not met."
-          CODE=1
-        }
-      } || {
-       $ECHO "$RED[!] nyx_packer failed, likely install requirements not met."
-       CODE=1
-      }
-      #rm -rf test-instr in out errors nyx-test
-    }
-  } || {
-    echo CUT------------------------------------------------------------------CUT
-    cat errors
-    echo CUT------------------------------------------------------------------CUT
-    $ECHO "$RED[!] afl-cc compilation of test targets failed - what is going on??"
-    CODE=1
-  }
- } || {
-  $ECHO "$YELLOW[-] nyx_mode is not compiled, cannot test"
-  INCOMPLETE=1
- }
-
-}
+$ECHO "$GREY[-] nyx_mode cannot be tested inside the sandbox"
 
 . ./test-post.sh