diff --git a/internal/testlib/skip.go b/internal/testlib/skip.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1acef2a21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/testlib/skip.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package testlib
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pipeline"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// AssertSkipped asserts that a pipe was skipped
+func AssertSkipped(t *testing.T, err error) {
+	_, ok := err.(pipeline.ErrSkip)
+	assert.True(t, ok)
+}
diff --git a/internal/testlib/skip_test.go b/internal/testlib/skip_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7cb9936b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/testlib/skip_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package testlib
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pipeline"
+)
+
+func TestAssertSkipped(t *testing.T) {
+	AssertSkipped(t, pipeline.Skip("skip"))
+}
diff --git a/pipeline/brew/brew_test.go b/pipeline/brew/brew_test.go
index 29ea4ee2b..e1961db77 100644
--- a/pipeline/brew/brew_test.go
+++ b/pipeline/brew/brew_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/config"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/context"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/testlib"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ func TestRunPipeBrewNotSetup(t *testing.T) {
 		Publish: true,
 	}
 	client := &DummyClient{}
-	assert.NoError(doRun(ctx, client))
+	testlib.AssertSkipped(t, doRun(ctx, client))
 	assert.False(client.CreatedFile)
 }
 
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ func TestRunPipeBinaryRelease(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	ctx.AddBinary("darwinamd64", "foo", "bar", "baz")
 	client := &DummyClient{}
-	assert.NoError(doRun(ctx, client))
+	testlib.AssertSkipped(t, doRun(ctx, client))
 	assert.False(client.CreatedFile)
 }
 
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ func TestRunPipeNoPublish(t *testing.T) {
 		Publish: false,
 	}
 	client := &DummyClient{}
-	assert.NoError(doRun(ctx, client))
+	testlib.AssertSkipped(t, doRun(ctx, client))
 	assert.False(client.CreatedFile)
 }
 
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ func TestRunPipeDraftRelease(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	client := &DummyClient{}
-	assert.NoError(doRun(ctx, client))
+	testlib.AssertSkipped(t, doRun(ctx, client))
 	assert.False(client.CreatedFile)
 }
 
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ func TestRunPipeFormatBinary(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	client := &DummyClient{}
-	assert.NoError(doRun(ctx, client))
+	testlib.AssertSkipped(t, doRun(ctx, client))
 	assert.False(client.CreatedFile)
 }
 
diff --git a/pipeline/env/env_test.go b/pipeline/env/env_test.go
index fe8d6f732..f4ba0cacf 100644
--- a/pipeline/env/env_test.go
+++ b/pipeline/env/env_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/config"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/context"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/testlib"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ func TestInvalidEnvChecksSkipped(t *testing.T) {
 				Publish:  flag.Publish,
 				Snapshot: flag.Snapshot,
 			}
-			assert.NoError(Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
+			testlib.AssertSkipped(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pipeline/fpm/fpm_test.go b/pipeline/fpm/fpm_test.go
index 2e8c0251b..b19e116b0 100644
--- a/pipeline/fpm/fpm_test.go
+++ b/pipeline/fpm/fpm_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/config"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/context"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/testlib"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -16,12 +17,11 @@ func TestDescription(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRunPipeNoFormats(t *testing.T) {
-	var assert = assert.New(t)
 	var ctx = &context.Context{
 		Version: "1.0.0",
 		Config:  config.Project{},
 	}
-	assert.NoError(Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
+	testlib.AssertSkipped(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
 }
 
 func TestRunPipe(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pipeline/git/git_test.go b/pipeline/git/git_test.go
index 94af888ec..66d20b1cf 100644
--- a/pipeline/git/git_test.go
+++ b/pipeline/git/git_test.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestSingleCommit(t *testing.T) {
 	var ctx = &context.Context{
 		Config: config.Project{},
 	}
-	assert.NoError(Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
+	testlib.AssertSkipped(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
 	assert.Equal("v0.0.1", ctx.Git.CurrentTag)
 }
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestNoTagsSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 		Snapshot: true,
 		Publish:  false,
 	}
-	assert.NoError(Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
+	testlib.AssertSkipped(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
 	assert.Contains(ctx.Version, "SNAPSHOT-")
 }
 
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ func TestValidState(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestNoValidate(t *testing.T) {
-	var assert = assert.New(t)
 	_, back := testlib.Mktmp(t)
 	defer back()
 	testlib.GitInit(t)
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ func TestNoValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		Config:   config.Project{},
 		Validate: false,
 	}
-	assert.NoError(Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
+	testlib.AssertSkipped(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
 }
 
 func TestChangelog(t *testing.T) {
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ func TestChangelog(t *testing.T) {
 	var ctx = &context.Context{
 		Config: config.Project{},
 	}
-	assert.NoError(Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
+	testlib.AssertSkipped(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
 	assert.Equal("v0.0.2", ctx.Git.CurrentTag)
 	assert.Contains(ctx.ReleaseNotes, "## Changelog")
 	assert.NotContains(ctx.ReleaseNotes, "first")
@@ -236,7 +235,7 @@ func TestChangelogOfFirstRelease(t *testing.T) {
 	var ctx = &context.Context{
 		Config: config.Project{},
 	}
-	assert.NoError(Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
+	testlib.AssertSkipped(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
 	assert.Equal("v0.0.1", ctx.Git.CurrentTag)
 	assert.Contains(ctx.ReleaseNotes, "## Changelog")
 	for _, msg := range msgs {
@@ -255,7 +254,7 @@ func TestCustomReleaseNotes(t *testing.T) {
 		Config:       config.Project{},
 		ReleaseNotes: "custom",
 	}
-	assert.NoError(Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
+	testlib.AssertSkipped(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
 	assert.Equal("v0.0.1", ctx.Git.CurrentTag)
 	assert.Equal(ctx.ReleaseNotes, "custom")
 }
diff --git a/pipeline/release/release_test.go b/pipeline/release/release_test.go
index ff06a191e..8b48a1dc4 100644
--- a/pipeline/release/release_test.go
+++ b/pipeline/release/release_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/config"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/context"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/testlib"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ func TestSkipPublish(t *testing.T) {
 		Parallelism: 1,
 	}
 	client := &DummyClient{}
-	assert.NoError(doRun(ctx, client))
+	testlib.AssertSkipped(t, doRun(ctx, client))
 	assert.False(client.CreatedRelease)
 	assert.False(client.UploadedFile)
 }