diff --git a/dpctl/tests/test_dparray.py b/dpctl/tests/test_dparray.py
index c178f9c176..4b798cd84b 100644
--- a/dpctl/tests/test_dparray.py
+++ b/dpctl/tests/test_dparray.py
@@ -18,9 +18,14 @@
 """
 
 import numpy
+import pytest
 
 from dpctl.tensor import numpy_usm_shared as dparray
 
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.skip(
+    "skipping numpy_usm_shared unit tests pending submodule removal"
+)
+
 
 def get_arg():
     X = dparray.ndarray((256, 4), dtype="d")