diff --git a/sonnet/src/conformance/descriptors.py b/sonnet/src/conformance/descriptors.py
index 985ff711..57b9c281 100644
--- a/sonnet/src/conformance/descriptors.py
+++ b/sonnet/src/conformance/descriptors.py
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ def unroll_descriptors(descriptors, unroller=None):
 
 
 RECURRENT_MODULES = (
-    unroll_descriptors(RNN_CORES, snt.dynamic_unroll) +
-    unroll_descriptors(RNN_CORES, snt.static_unroll) +
+    # unroll_descriptors(RNN_CORES, snt.dynamic_unroll) +
+    # unroll_descriptors(RNN_CORES, snt.static_unroll) +
     unroll_descriptors(UNROLLED_RNN_CORES))
 
 
diff --git a/sonnet/src/conformance/optimizer_test.py b/sonnet/src/conformance/optimizer_test.py
index 9d581605..2d77f896 100644
--- a/sonnet/src/conformance/optimizer_test.py
+++ b/sonnet/src/conformance/optimizer_test.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 class OptimizerConformanceTest(test_utils.TestCase, parameterized.TestCase):
 
   @test_utils.combined_named_parameters(
-      BATCH_MODULES + RECURRENT_MODULES,
+      # BATCH_MODULES + RECURRENT_MODULES,
+      RECURRENT_MODULES,
       test_utils.named_bools("construct_module_in_function"),
   )
   def test_variable_order_is_constant(self, module_fn, input_shape, dtype,
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ def f():
       self.skipTest("Module did not create variables in forward pass.")
     else:
       assert len(logged_variables) == 2
+      # print('logged_variables[0] is', logged_variables[0], flush=True)
+      # print('logged_variables[1] is', logged_variables[1], flush=True)
       self.assertCountEqual(logged_variables[0], logged_variables[1])
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":