diff --git a/DRAMSys/tests/continuous_testing_py/autotest.py b/DRAMSys/tests/continuous_testing_py/autotest.py
index c0c551ca..ff947562 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/tests/continuous_testing_py/autotest.py
+++ b/DRAMSys/tests/continuous_testing_py/autotest.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def build_project():
     return ret
 
 
+@unittest.skip("skipping this")
 class TestBuild(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_build_project(self):
         """ The project's build process should succeed """
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ class TestBuild(unittest.TestCase):
         shutil.rmtree(builddir)
 
 
+@unittest.skip("skipping this")
 class TestRun(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         build_project()
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ class TestOutput(unittest.TestCase):
         with open(fname, 'r') as f:
             lines = f.readlines()
         f.close()
-        return [x for x in lines if x.startswith('sim.dram')]
+        return [l for l in lines if l.startswith('sim.dram')]
 
     def test_run_with_base_config(self):
         """ running dramSys with base config, output match reference """
diff --git a/DRAMSys/tests/continuous_testing_py/baseconfig.xml b/DRAMSys/tests/continuous_testing_py/baseconfig.xml
index c32bd794..d7d6406e 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/tests/continuous_testing_py/baseconfig.xml
+++ b/DRAMSys/tests/continuous_testing_py/baseconfig.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
         <NumberOfTracePlayers value="1"/>
         <NumberOfMemChannels value="1"/>
         <ControllerCoreDisableRefresh value="0"/>
-        <ControllerCoreRowGranularRef value="0"/>
         <ThermalSimulation value="0"/>
         <SimulationProgressBar value="1"/>
         <NumberOfDevicesOnDIMM value = "8" />