To skip the entire unit tests in Gradle build, uses this option -x test
./gradlew build -x test
- Default Gradle build
$ ./gradlew build
:compileJava UP-TO-DATE
:processResources UP-TO-DATE
:classes UP-TO-DATE
:jar UP-TO-DATE
:assemble UP-TO-DATE
---------------------------> Unit test task
:compileTestJava
:processTestResources UP-TO-DATE
:testClasses
---------------------------> Unit test task
:test
:check
:build
- Gradle build with unit test skipped
$ gradle build -x test
:compileJava UP-TO-DATE
:processResources UP-TO-DATE
:classes UP-TO-DATE
:jar UP-TO-DATE
:assemble UP-TO-DATE
:check
:build