1 file changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tests/t0401-serve.sh b/tests/t0401-serve.sh
index 513c33a..f7244a2 100755
--- a/tests/t0401-serve.sh
+++ b/tests/t0401-serve.sh
@@ -4,14 +4,18 @@
 # hands its output back over HTTP, tells the CGI headers from the body. That
 # split once keyed on the wrong blank line and swallowed the document head,
 # which left a page that still validated but arrived with no stylesheet and no
-# chrome. The cases live in serve-split-check.py beside this file.
+# chrome. The cases live in serve-split-check.py beside this file, and nothing
+# here touches a repository, so the fixtures stay unbuilt.
 
 test_description='Check the preview server splits CGI output correctly'
+CGIT_TEST_NO_CREATE_REPOS=YesPlease
 . ./setup.sh
 
-if ! command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+	skip_all='Skipping preview server tests: python3 not found'
 	test_done
-fi
+	exit
+}
 
 test_expect_success 'CGI headers and body are split at the first blank line' '
 	python3 "$PWD/../serve-split-check.py" "$PWD/../.."