diff --git a/src/registrar/tests/common.py b/src/registrar/tests/common.py
index 8f859b6d1..c6cd8ebfd 100644
--- a/src/registrar/tests/common.py
+++ b/src/registrar/tests/common.py
@@ -427,14 +427,12 @@ def create_superuser():
 def create_user():
     User = get_user_model()
     p = "userpass"
-    staffuser = User.objects.create_user(
+    return User.objects.create_user(
         username="staffuser",
         email="user@example.com",
+        is_staff=True,
         password=p,
     )
-    staffuser.is_staff = True
-    staffuser.save()
-    return staffuser
 
 
 def create_ready_domain():
diff --git a/src/registrar/tests/test_admin.py b/src/registrar/tests/test_admin.py
index e556adcec..28d407a35 100644
--- a/src/registrar/tests/test_admin.py
+++ b/src/registrar/tests/test_admin.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from .common import (
 from django.contrib.sessions.backends.db import SessionStore
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from unittest.mock import patch
+from unittest import skip
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class TestDomainAdmin(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.site = AdminSite()
-        self.factory = RequestFactory()
         self.admin = DomainAdmin(model=Domain, admin_site=self.site)
         self.client = Client(HTTP_HOST="localhost:8080")
         self.superuser = create_superuser()
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ class TestDomainAdmin(TestCase):
         self.assertContains(response, "Place hold")
         self.assertNotContains(response, "Remove hold")
 
+    @skip("Waiting on epp lib to implement")
+    def test_place_and_remove_hold_epp(self):
+        raise
+
     def tearDown(self):
         Domain.objects.all().delete()
         User.objects.all().delete()