diff --git a/tests/providers/apache/cassandra/hooks/test_cassandra_hook.py b/tests/providers/apache/cassandra/hooks/test_cassandra_hook.py
index 2d6be1afbffb28..38432184b9b76b 100644
--- a/tests/providers/apache/cassandra/hooks/test_cassandra_hook.py
+++ b/tests/providers/apache/cassandra/hooks/test_cassandra_hook.py
@@ -20,18 +20,25 @@
 import unittest
 
 import mock
-from cassandra.cluster import Cluster
+from cassandra.cluster import Cluster, UnresolvableContactPoints
 from cassandra.policies import (
     DCAwareRoundRobinPolicy, RoundRobinPolicy, TokenAwarePolicy, WhiteListRoundRobinPolicy,
 )
-from flaky import flaky
 
 from airflow.models import Connection
 from airflow.providers.apache.cassandra.hooks.cassandra import CassandraHook
 from airflow.utils import db
 
 
-@flaky(max_runs=4, min_passes=1)
+def cassandra_is_not_up():
+    try:
+        Cluster(["cassandra"])
+        return False
+    except UnresolvableContactPoints:
+        return True
+
+
+@unittest.skipIf(cassandra_is_not_up(), "Cassandra is not up.")
 class TestCassandraHook(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         db.merge_conn(
@@ -73,13 +80,14 @@ def test_get_conn(self):
             self.assertEqual(cluster.port, 9042)
             self.assertTrue(isinstance(cluster.load_balancing_policy, TokenAwarePolicy))
 
-    def test_get_lb_policy(self):
+    def test_get_lb_policy_with_no_args(self):
         # test LB policies with no args
         self._assert_get_lb_policy('RoundRobinPolicy', {}, RoundRobinPolicy)
         self._assert_get_lb_policy('DCAwareRoundRobinPolicy', {}, DCAwareRoundRobinPolicy)
         self._assert_get_lb_policy('TokenAwarePolicy', {}, TokenAwarePolicy,
                                    expected_child_policy_type=RoundRobinPolicy)
 
+    def test_get_lb_policy_with_args(self):
         # test DCAwareRoundRobinPolicy with args
         self._assert_get_lb_policy('DCAwareRoundRobinPolicy',
                                    {'local_dc': 'foo', 'used_hosts_per_remote_dc': '3'},
@@ -101,6 +109,7 @@ def test_get_lb_policy(self):
                  'child_load_balancing_policy_args': {'hosts': ['host-1', 'host-2']}
                  }, TokenAwarePolicy, expected_child_policy_type=WhiteListRoundRobinPolicy)
 
+    def test_get_lb_policy_invalid_policy(self):
         # test invalid policy name should default to RoundRobinPolicy
         self._assert_get_lb_policy('DoesNotExistPolicy', {}, RoundRobinPolicy)
 
@@ -112,6 +121,7 @@ def test_get_lb_policy(self):
                                    TokenAwarePolicy,
                                    expected_child_policy_type=RoundRobinPolicy)
 
+    def test_get_lb_policy_no_host_for_white_list(self):
         # test host not specified for WhiteListRoundRobinPolicy should throw exception
         self._assert_get_lb_policy('WhiteListRoundRobinPolicy',
                                    {},
diff --git a/tests/providers/apache/cassandra/sensors/test_cassandra_sensor.py b/tests/providers/apache/cassandra/sensors/test_cassandra_sensor.py
index 9431eacae510a2..d5a6656ef5f499 100644
--- a/tests/providers/apache/cassandra/sensors/test_cassandra_sensor.py
+++ b/tests/providers/apache/cassandra/sensors/test_cassandra_sensor.py
@@ -17,63 +17,36 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-
 import unittest
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
-from flaky import flaky
-
-from airflow import DAG
 from airflow.providers.apache.cassandra.sensors.record import CassandraRecordSensor
 from airflow.providers.apache.cassandra.sensors.table import CassandraTableSensor
-from airflow.utils import timezone
 
-DEFAULT_DATE = timezone.datetime(2017, 1, 1)
 
-
-@flaky(max_runs=4, min_passes=1)
 class TestCassandraRecordSensor(unittest.TestCase):
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        args = {
-            'owner': 'airflow',
-            'start_date': DEFAULT_DATE
-        }
-        self.dag = DAG('test_dag_id', default_args=args)
-        self.sensor = CassandraRecordSensor(
+    @patch("airflow.providers.apache.cassandra.sensors.record.CassandraHook")
+    def test_poke(self, mock_hook):
+        sensor = CassandraRecordSensor(
             task_id='test_task',
             cassandra_conn_id='cassandra_default',
-            dag=self.dag,
             table='t',
             keys={'foo': 'bar'}
         )
+        sensor.poke(None)
+        mock_hook.return_value.record_exists.assert_called_once_with('t', {'foo': 'bar'})
 
-    @patch("airflow.contrib.hooks.cassandra_hook.CassandraHook.record_exists")
-    def test_poke(self, mock_record_exists):
-        self.sensor.poke(None)
-        mock_record_exists.assert_called_once_with('t', {'foo': 'bar'})
 
-
-@flaky(max_runs=4, min_passes=1)
 class TestCassandraTableSensor(unittest.TestCase):
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        args = {
-            'owner': 'airflow',
-            'start_date': DEFAULT_DATE
-        }
-        self.dag = DAG('test_dag_id', default_args=args)
-        self.sensor = CassandraTableSensor(
+    @patch("airflow.providers.apache.cassandra.sensors.table.CassandraHook")
+    def test_poke(self, mock_hook):
+        sensor = CassandraTableSensor(
             task_id='test_task',
             cassandra_conn_id='cassandra_default',
-            dag=self.dag,
             table='t',
         )
-
-    @patch("airflow.contrib.hooks.cassandra_hook.CassandraHook.table_exists")
-    def test_poke(self, mock_table_exists):
-        self.sensor.poke(None)
-        mock_table_exists.assert_called_once_with('t')
+        sensor.poke(None)
+        mock_hook.return_value.table_exists.assert_called_once_with('t')
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':