diff --git a/src/cmd/go/go_test.go b/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
index 1df7cf8faa..84e4b7abea 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
@@ -1147,6 +1147,8 @@ func TestGoListCompiledCgo(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestGoListExport(t *testing.T) {
+	tooSlow(t, "runs build for -export")
+
 	skipIfGccgo(t, "gccgo does not have standard packages")
 	tg := testgo(t)
 	defer tg.cleanup()
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/note_test.go b/src/cmd/go/note_test.go
index ba7ec2a47b..3b8751b4db 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/note_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/note_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestNoteReading(t *testing.T) {
+	tooSlow(t, "runs build")
+
 	// cmd/internal/buildid already has tests that the basic reading works.
 	// This test is essentially checking that -ldflags=-buildid=XXX works,
 	// both in internal and external linking mode.
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_GOTMPDIR.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_GOTMPDIR.txt
index 4c9129ec45..6ad0157e5f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_GOTMPDIR.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_GOTMPDIR.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[short] skip 'runs build'
+
 # Set GOCACHE to a clean directory to ensure that 'go build' has work to report.
 [!GOOS:windows] env GOCACHE=$WORK/gocache
 [GOOS:windows] env GOCACHE=$WORK\gocache
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/cgo_path.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/cgo_path.txt
index be23893df5..0c8838e354 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/cgo_path.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/cgo_path.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[short] skip 'runs build'
+
 [!cgo] skip
 
 # Require that CC is something that requires a PATH lookup.
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/clean_cache_n.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/clean_cache_n.txt
index 72f9abf9ae..b93134e6bb 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/clean_cache_n.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/clean_cache_n.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[short] skip 'runs go build'
+
 # We're testing cache behavior, so start with a clean GOCACHE.
 env GOCACHE=$WORK/cache
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/goauth_userauth.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/goauth_userauth.txt
index 036573e07a..f70933cf58 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/goauth_userauth.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/goauth_userauth.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # This test covers the HTTP authentication mechanism over GOAUTH by using a custom authenticator.
 # See golang.org/issue/26232
 
+[short] skip 'runs build to create authenticators'
+
 env GOPROXY=direct
 env GOSUMDB=off
 mkdir $WORK/bin
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/test_skip.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/test_skip.txt
index 2e5f4d65d7..350becbb20 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/test_skip.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/test_skip.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[short] skip 'runs test'
+
 go test -v -run Test -skip T skip_test.go
 ! stdout RUN
 stdout '^ok.*\[no tests to run\]'
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/vet_flags.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/vet_flags.txt
index 73f4e4135b..21606dc4f1 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/vet_flags.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/vet_flags.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[short] skip 'runs test'
+
 env GO111MODULE=on
 
 # Issue 35837: "go vet -<analyzer> <std package>" should use the requested
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/work.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/work.txt
index 28df1a008c..3159792868 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/work.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/work.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[short] skip 'runs go run'
+
 ! go work init doesnotexist
 stderr 'go: directory doesnotexist does not exist'
 go env GOWORK