diff --git a/tensornetwork/tests/ncon_interface_test.py b/tensornetwork/tests/ncon_interface_test.py
index c083f05dc..eb7ce93d2 100644
--- a/tensornetwork/tests/ncon_interface_test.py
+++ b/tensornetwork/tests/ncon_interface_test.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from tensornetwork.ncon_interface import (_get_cont_out_labels,
                                           _canonicalize_network_structure)
 from tensornetwork.backends.backend_factory import get_backend
+from tensornetwork.backends.jax.jax_backend import JaxBackend
 from tensornetwork.contractors import greedy
 
 
@@ -57,11 +58,10 @@ def test_return_type(backend):
   result_2 = ncon_interface.ncon([n1, n2], [(-1, 1), (1, -2)], backend=backend)
   result_3 = ncon_interface.ncon([n1, t2], [(-1, 1), (1, -2)], backend=backend)
   assert isinstance(result_2, Tensor)
-  if backend not in ('jax', get_backend('jax')):
-    # jitted functions return jaxlib.xla_extension.Buffer,
-    # convert_to_tensor returns jax.interpreters.xla._DeviceArray now.
-    assert isinstance(result_1, type(n1.backend.convert_to_tensor(t1)))
-    assert isinstance(result_3, type(n1.backend.convert_to_tensor(t1)))
+  if isinstance(backend, JaxBackend) or backend == 'jax':
+    pytest.skip('return-type tests for jax not implemented')
+  assert isinstance(result_1, type(n1.backend.convert_to_tensor(t1)))
+  assert isinstance(result_3, type(n1.backend.convert_to_tensor(t1)))
 
 
 def test_order_spec(backend):