diff --git a/IPython/core/tests/test_async_helpers.py b/IPython/core/tests/test_async_helpers.py
index 748f3f1..c219a0f 100644
--- a/IPython/core/tests/test_async_helpers.py
+++ b/IPython/core/tests/test_async_helpers.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from itertools import chain, repeat
 import nose.tools as nt
 from textwrap import dedent, indent
 from unittest import TestCase
+from IPython.testing.decorators import skip_without
 
 ip = get_ipython()
 iprc = lambda x: ip.run_cell(dedent(x)).raise_error()
@@ -242,9 +243,11 @@ if sys.version_info > (3, 5):
             """
             )
 
+        @skip_without('curio')
         def test_autoawait_curio(self):
             iprc("%autoawait curio")
 
+        @skip_without('trio')
         def test_autoawait_trio(self):
             iprc("%autoawait trio")
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index af48899..78529cf 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ extras_require = dict(
     parallel = ['ipyparallel'],
     qtconsole = ['qtconsole'],
     doc = ['Sphinx>=1.3'],
-    test = ['nose>=0.10.1', 'requests', 'testpath', 'pygments', 'nbformat', 'ipykernel', 'numpy', 'trio'],
+    test = ['nose>=0.10.1', 'requests', 'testpath', 'pygments', 'nbformat', 'ipykernel', 'numpy'],
     terminal = [],
     kernel = ['ipykernel'],
     nbformat = ['nbformat'],