diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 84dfe227..eac8d014 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 [run]
 branch = True
 source = GPy
-omit = ./GPy/testing/*.py, travis_tests.py, setup.py, ./GPy/__version__.py
+omit = ./GPy/testing/*.py, travis_tests.py, setup.py, ./GPy/__version__.py, ./GPy/plotting/*
 
 [report]
 # Regexes for lines to exclude from consideration
diff --git a/GPy/testing/plotting_tests.py b/GPy/testing/plotting_tests.py
index 937b747c..bcf7b6b5 100644
--- a/GPy/testing/plotting_tests.py
+++ b/GPy/testing/plotting_tests.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 # SKIPPING PLOTTING BECAUSE IT BEHAVES DIFFERENTLY ON DIFFERENT
 # SYSTEMS, AND WILL MISBEHAVE
 from nose import SkipTest
-#raise SkipTest("Skipping Matplotlib testing")
+raise SkipTest("Skipping Matplotlib testing")
 #===============================================================================
 
 import matplotlib