diff --git a/test/aaa_profiling/test_compiler.py b/test/aaa_profiling/test_compiler.py
index f68e82b073..f949ce6ead 100644
--- a/test/aaa_profiling/test_compiler.py
+++ b/test/aaa_profiling/test_compiler.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ from test.lib import *
 from sqlalchemy.engine import default
 
 class CompileTest(fixtures.TestBase, AssertsExecutionResults):
+    __requires__ = 'cpython',
+
     @classmethod
     def setup_class(cls):
 
diff --git a/test/aaa_profiling/test_memusage.py b/test/aaa_profiling/test_memusage.py
index 80939376ca..0cbe126b43 100644
--- a/test/aaa_profiling/test_memusage.py
+++ b/test/aaa_profiling/test_memusage.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import mapper, relationship, create_session, \
     clear_mappers, sessionmaker, class_mapper
 from sqlalchemy.orm.mapper import _mapper_registry
 from sqlalchemy.orm.session import _sessions
-from sqlalchemy.util import jython
 import operator
 from test.lib import testing, engines
 from sqlalchemy import MetaData, Integer, String, ForeignKey, \
@@ -19,11 +18,6 @@ import gc
 import weakref
 from test.lib import fixtures
 
-if jython:
-    from nose import SkipTest
-    raise SkipTest("Profiling not supported on this platform")
-
-
 class A(fixtures.ComparableEntity):
     pass
 class B(fixtures.ComparableEntity):
@@ -75,6 +69,8 @@ class EnsureZeroed(fixtures.ORMTest):
 
 class MemUsageTest(EnsureZeroed):
 
+    __requires__ = 'cpython',
+
     # ensure a pure growing test trips the assertion
     @testing.fails_if(lambda: True)
     def test_fixture(self):
diff --git a/test/aaa_profiling/test_orm.py b/test/aaa_profiling/test_orm.py
index 25e84b9f3d..24a687f1c3 100644
--- a/test/aaa_profiling/test_orm.py
+++ b/test/aaa_profiling/test_orm.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import sys
 
 class MergeTest(fixtures.MappedTest):
 
+    __requires__ = 'cpython',
+
     @classmethod
     def define_tables(cls, metadata):
         parent = Table('parent', metadata, Column('id', Integer,
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ class LoadManyToOneFromIdentityTest(fixtures.MappedTest):
     # count here,
     # so remove some platforms that have wildly divergent
     # callcounts.
-    __requires__ = 'python25',
+    __requires__ = 'python25', 'cpython'
     __unsupported_on__ = 'postgresql+pg8000', 'mysql+pymysql'
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/test/aaa_profiling/test_pool.py b/test/aaa_profiling/test_pool.py
index 35f6b71f93..1077a78b7c 100644
--- a/test/aaa_profiling/test_pool.py
+++ b/test/aaa_profiling/test_pool.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from sqlalchemy.pool import QueuePool
 from sqlalchemy import pool as pool_module
 
 class QueuePoolTest(fixtures.TestBase, AssertsExecutionResults):
+    __requires__ = 'cpython', 
+
     class Connection(object):
         def rollback(self):
             pass
diff --git a/test/aaa_profiling/test_resultset.py b/test/aaa_profiling/test_resultset.py
index 9ba3d69175..e2c6ecd500 100644
--- a/test/aaa_profiling/test_resultset.py
+++ b/test/aaa_profiling/test_resultset.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ NUM_RECORDS = 1000
 
 
 class ResultSetTest(fixtures.TestBase, AssertsExecutionResults):
-
+    __requires__ = 'cpython',
     __only_on__ = 'sqlite'
 
     @classmethod
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class ResultSetTest(fixtures.TestBase, AssertsExecutionResults):
         [tuple(row) for row in t2.select().execute().fetchall()]
 
 class ExecutionTest(fixtures.TestBase):
+    __requires__ = 'cpython',
     __only_on__ = 'sqlite'
 
     def test_minimal_connection_execute(self):
diff --git a/test/ext/test_serializer.py b/test/ext/test_serializer.py
index b7b8bd8892..5134d71ee5 100644
--- a/test/ext/test_serializer.py
+++ b/test/ext/test_serializer.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class SerializeTest(fixtures.MappedTest):
         eq_(re_expr.execute().fetchall(), [(7, u'jack'), (8, u'ed'),
             (8, u'ed'), (8, u'ed'), (9, u'fred')])
 
+    @testing.fails_if(lambda: util.pypy, "problem in pickle")
     def test_query(self):
         q = Session.query(User).filter(User.name == 'ed'
                 ).options(joinedload(User.addresses))
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ class SerializeTest(fixtures.MappedTest):
         eq_(list(q2.all()), [(u7, u8), (u7, u9), (u7, u10), (u8, u9),
             (u8, u10)])
 
+    @testing.fails_if(lambda: util.pypy, "problem in pickle")
     def test_any(self):
         r = User.addresses.any(Address.email == 'x')
         ser = serializer.dumps(r, -1)
diff --git a/test/lib/requires.py b/test/lib/requires.py
index 5f3eb1c9ac..44ba6ffac2 100644
--- a/test/lib/requires.py
+++ b/test/lib/requires.py
@@ -346,6 +346,14 @@ def python25(fn):
         )
     )
 
+def cpython(fn):
+    return _chain_decorators_on(
+         fn,
+         skip_if(lambda: util.jython or util.pypy, 
+           "cPython interpreter needed"
+         )
+    )
+
 def _has_cextensions():
     try:
         from sqlalchemy import cresultproxy, cprocessors
diff --git a/test/orm/test_query.py b/test/orm/test_query.py
index 3a60e878d3..915e9a13d0 100644
--- a/test/orm/test_query.py
+++ b/test/orm/test_query.py
@@ -1830,22 +1830,27 @@ class ExecutionOptionsTest(QueryTest):
         q3_options = dict(foo='not bar', stream_results=True, answer=42)
         assert q3._execution_options == q3_options
 
+
     def test_options_in_connection(self):
         User = self.classes.User
 
         execution_options = dict(foo='bar', stream_results=True)
         class TQuery(Query):
             def instances(self, result, ctx):
-                eq_(
-                    result.connection._execution_options,
-                    execution_options
-                )
+                try:
+                    eq_(
+                    	result.connection._execution_options,
+                    	execution_options
+                    )
+                finally:
+                    result.close()
                 return iter([])
 
         sess = create_session(bind=testing.db, autocommit=False, query_cls=TQuery)
         q1 = sess.query(User).execution_options(**execution_options)
         q1.all()
 
+
 class OptionsTest(QueryTest):
     """Test the _get_paths() method of PropertyOption."""