diff --git a/py/conftest.py b/py/conftest.py
index d93859aba..4a1011f66 100644
--- a/py/conftest.py
+++ b/py/conftest.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 pytest_plugins = '_pytest doctest pytester'.split()
 
 rsyncdirs = ['../doc']
-rsyncignore = ['c-extension/greenlet/build']
 
 import py
 class PylibTestconfigPlugin:
diff --git a/py/test/plugin/pytest_resultdb.py b/py/test/plugin/pytest_resultdb.py
index d70e96dfe..768d9d081 100644
--- a/py/test/plugin/pytest_resultdb.py
+++ b/py/test/plugin/pytest_resultdb.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ class ResultdbPlugin:
 
     Saves test results to a datastore.
 
+    XXX this needs to be merged with resultlog plugin
+
     Also mixes in some early ideas about an archive abstraction for test 
     results.
     """ 
@@ -262,7 +264,11 @@ class TestJSONResultArchive(BaseResultArchiveTests):
 class TestSQLiteResultArchive(BaseResultArchiveTests):
     cls = SQLiteResultArchive
 
+    def setup_method(self, method):
+        py.test.importorskip("sqlite3")
+
     def test_init_db_sql(self, testdir):
+        py.test.importorskip("sqlite3")
         tempdb_path = unicode(testdir.tmpdir.join(self.tempdb))
         archive = self.cls(tempdb_path)
         archive.init_db()