diff --git a/t/Asset/Wobject/GalleryAlbum/edit.t b/t/Asset/Wobject/GalleryAlbum/edit.t
index d01f454bb..afa259421 100644
--- a/t/Asset/Wobject/GalleryAlbum/edit.t
+++ b/t/Asset/Wobject/GalleryAlbum/edit.t
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ use Test::More;
 use WebGUI::Test; # Must use this before any other WebGUI modules
 use WebGUI::Session;
 use Test::Deep;
-use Test::WWW::Mechanize;
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Init
diff --git a/t/Asset/Wobject/GalleryAlbum/rss.t b/t/Asset/Wobject/GalleryAlbum/rss.t
index cf5a97217..4fe0e1653 100644
--- a/t/Asset/Wobject/GalleryAlbum/rss.t
+++ b/t/Asset/Wobject/GalleryAlbum/rss.t
@@ -65,12 +65,22 @@ for my $i ( 0 .. 5 ) {
 
 $versionTag->commit;
 
+my ( $mech );
+
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Tests
+
+if ( !eval { require Test::WWW::Mechanize; 1; } ) {
+    plan skip_all => 'Cannot load Test::WWW::Mechanize. Will not test.';
+}
+$mech    = Test::WWW::Mechanize->new;
+$mech->get( $baseUrl );
+if ( !$mech->success ) {
+    plan skip_all => "Cannot load URL '$baseUrl'. Will not test.";
+}
+
 plan tests => 2;
 
-use_ok("Test::WWW::Mechanize");
-my $mech;
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Test www_viewRss