diff --git a/src/emuvim/test/unittests/test_resourcemodel.py b/src/emuvim/test/unittests/test_resourcemodel.py
index a1d273c..165893d 100644
--- a/src/emuvim/test/unittests/test_resourcemodel.py
+++ b/src/emuvim/test/unittests/test_resourcemodel.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import time
 import os
+import unittest
 from emuvim.test.base import SimpleTestTopology
 from emuvim.dcemulator.resourcemodel import BaseResourceModel, ResourceFlavor, NotEnoughResourcesAvailable, ResourceModelRegistrar
 from emuvim.dcemulator.resourcemodel.upb.simple import UpbSimpleCloudDcRM, UpbOverprovisioningCloudDcRM, UpbDummyRM
@@ -211,15 +212,13 @@
         rm.free(c1)
         self.assertTrue(rm.dc_alloc_cu == 0)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(os.environ.get("SON_EMU_IN_DOCKER") is not None,
+                     "skipping test when running inside Docker container")
     def testInRealTopo(self):
         """
         Start a real container and check if limitations are really passed down to Conteinernet.
         :return:
         """
-        # ATTENTION: This test should only be executed if emu runs not inside a Docker container,
-        # because it manipulates cgroups.
-        if os.environ.get("SON_EMU_IN_DOCKER") is not None:
-            return
         # create network
         self.createNet(nswitches=0, ndatacenter=1, nhosts=2, ndockers=0)
         # setup links
diff --git a/src/emuvim/test/integrationtests/test_sonata_dummy_gatekeeper.py b/src/emuvim/test/unittests/test_sonata_dummy_gatekeeper.py
similarity index 81%
rename from src/emuvim/test/integrationtests/test_sonata_dummy_gatekeeper.py
rename to src/emuvim/test/unittests/test_sonata_dummy_gatekeeper.py
index 33a1d57..428a51f 100644
--- a/src/emuvim/test/integrationtests/test_sonata_dummy_gatekeeper.py
+++ b/src/emuvim/test/unittests/test_sonata_dummy_gatekeeper.py
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
 from emuvim.test.base import SimpleTestTopology
 from emuvim.api.sonata import SonataDummyGatekeeperEndpoint
 
-
+PACKAGE_PATH = "misc/sonata-demo-docker.son"
 
 class testSonataDummyGatekeeper(SimpleTestTopology):
 
-    @unittest.skip("disabled test since ubuntu:trusty not used in current example package")
+    @unittest.skipIf(os.environ.get("SON_EMU_IN_DOCKER") is None,
+                     "skipping dummy GK test in local environment")
     def testAPI(self):
         # create network
         self.createNet(nswitches=0, ndatacenter=2, nhosts=2, ndockers=0)
@@ -28,22 +29,12 @@
         self.startNet()
         time.sleep(1)
 
-        # download example from GitHub
-        print "downloading latest son-demo.son from GitHub"
-        subprocess.call(
-            ["wget",
-             "http://github.com/sonata-nfv/son-schema/blob/master/package-descriptor/examples/sonata-demo.son?raw=true",
-             "-O",
-             "son-demo.son"]
-        )
-
         print "starting tests"
         # board package
-        files = {"package": open("son-demo.son", "rb")}
+        files = {"package": open(PACKAGE_PATH, "rb")}
         r = requests.post("http://127.0.0.1:5000/packages", files=files)
         self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 200)
         self.assertTrue(r.json().get("service_uuid") is not None)
-        os.remove("son-demo.son")
 
         # instantiate service
         service_uuid = r.json().get("service_uuid")