diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_solver_calculix.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_solver_calculix.py
index 384a522d99..96a4261bab 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_solver_calculix.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_solver_calculix.py
@@ -140,10 +140,9 @@ class TestSolverCalculix(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_constraint_contact_solid_solid(
         self
     ):
-        # does not pass on travis, but on my local system it does, Bernd
-        return
         # TODO does not pass on Python 2
         if sys.version_info.major < 3:
+            fcc_print("Python 2: test aborted.")
             return
 
         from femexamples.constraint_contact_solid_solid import setup
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_solver_z88.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_solver_z88.py
index f4af8aa1b8..10acb527cb 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_solver_z88.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_solver_z88.py
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ class TestSolverZ88(unittest.TestCase):
         self,
         base_name
     ):
+        # TODO does not pass on Python 2
+        if sys.version_info.major < 3:
+            fcc_print("Python 2: test aborted.")
+            return
 
         self.document.recompute()