diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 65eadf6..9800177 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@
 	"publishConfig": {
 		"ignore": [
 			".github/workflows",
-			"appveyor.yml"
+			"appveyor.yml",
+			"test/resolver/malformed_package_json"
 		]
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/resolver.js b/test/resolver.js
index 35e2ebd..a339318 100644
--- a/test/resolver.js
+++ b/test/resolver.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 var path = require('path');
+var fs = require('fs');
 var test = require('tape');
 var resolve = require('../');
 var async = require('../async');
@@ -555,14 +556,15 @@ test('absolute paths', function (t) {
     });
 });
 
-test('malformed package.json', function (t) {
+var malformedDir = path.join(__dirname, 'resolver/malformed_package_json');
+test('malformed package.json', { skip: !fs.existsSync(malformedDir) }, function (t) {
     /* eslint operator-linebreak: ["error", "before"], function-paren-newline: "off" */
     t.plan(
         (3 * 3) // 3 sets of 3 assertions in the final callback
         + 2 // 1 readPackage call with malformed package.json
     );
 
-    var basedir = path.join(__dirname, 'resolver/malformed_package_json');
+    var basedir = malformedDir;
     var expected = path.join(basedir, 'index.js');
 
     resolve('./index.js', { basedir: basedir }, function (err, res, pkg) {
diff --git a/test/resolver_sync.js b/test/resolver_sync.js
index a7c11cd..1a9fe9d 100644
--- a/test/resolver_sync.js
+++ b/test/resolver_sync.js
@@ -666,10 +666,11 @@ test('absolute paths', function (t) {
     t.end();
 });
 
-test('malformed package.json', function (t) {
+var malformedDir = path.join(__dirname, 'resolver/malformed_package_json');
+test('malformed package.json', { skip: !fs.existsSync(malformedDir) }, function (t) {
     t.plan(5 + (requireResolveSupportsPaths ? 1 : 0));
 
-    var basedir = path.join(__dirname, 'resolver/malformed_package_json');
+    var basedir = malformedDir;
     var expected = path.join(basedir, 'index.js');
 
     t.equal(