--- IO-Util-1.5/t/test_pod.t.orig	2016-04-22 17:55:26.026666668 -0600
+++ IO-Util-1.5/t/test_pod.t	2016-04-22 17:55:33.306666668 -0600
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use Test::More;
 
 eval "use Test::Pod 1.00";
 plan skip_all => "Test::Pod 1.00 required for testing POD" if $@;
+plan skip_all => 'these tests are for authors only!' unless $ENV{AUTHOR_TESTING} or $ENV{RELEASE_TESTING};
 my @poddirs = qw( blib ../lib);
 all_pod_files_ok( all_pod_files( @poddirs ) );