diff --git a/src/test/24-accessing-views.ts b/src/test/24-accessing-views.ts
index de62bd949..18ae3a8f3 100644
--- a/src/test/24-accessing-views.ts
+++ b/src/test/24-accessing-views.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ import { Database } from "../arangojs";
 import { ArangoSearchView } from "../view";
 
 const range = (n: number): number[] => Array.from(Array(n).keys());
+const ARANGO_VERSION = Number(process.env.ARANGO_VERSION || 30400);
+const describe34 = ARANGO_VERSION >= 30400 ? describe : describe.skip;
 
-describe("Accessing views", function() {
+describe34("Accessing views", function() {
   // create database takes 11s in a standard cluster
   this.timeout(20000);
 
diff --git a/src/test/25-view-metadata.ts b/src/test/25-view-metadata.ts
index 7474eb18e..1b3947501 100644
--- a/src/test/25-view-metadata.ts
+++ b/src/test/25-view-metadata.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import { expect } from "chai";
 import { Database } from "../arangojs";
 import { ArangoSearchView } from "../view";
 
-describe("View metadata", function() {
+const ARANGO_VERSION = Number(process.env.ARANGO_VERSION || 30400);
+const describe34 = ARANGO_VERSION >= 30400 ? describe : describe.skip;
+
+describe34("View metadata", function() {
   // create database takes 11s in a standard cluster
   this.timeout(20000);
 
diff --git a/src/test/26-manipulating-views.ts b/src/test/26-manipulating-views.ts
index ade19d62f..c58bc9075 100644
--- a/src/test/26-manipulating-views.ts
+++ b/src/test/26-manipulating-views.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import { Database } from "../arangojs";
 import { ArangoSearchView } from "../view";
 
 const ARANGO_VERSION = Number(process.env.ARANGO_VERSION || 30400);
+const describe34 = ARANGO_VERSION >= 30400 ? describe : describe.skip;
 
-describe("Manipulating views", function() {
+describe34("Manipulating views", function() {
   // create database takes 11s in a standard cluster
   this.timeout(20000);