diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index aa9771ba..5decb7c8 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ appveyor.yml
 dataRetrieval.Rproj
 examplePhosQuery.R
 dataRetrieval-concordance.tex
+README.md
 ^.*\.Rproj$
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
 ^\.travis\.yml$
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 856e017a..37105f77 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: dataRetrieval
 Type: Package
 Title: Retrieval Functions for USGS and EPA Hydrologic and Water Quality Data
-Version: 2.7.0
+Version: 2.7.1
 Date: 2017-05-05
 Authors@R: c(person("Robert", "Hirsch", role = c("aut"),
     email = "rhirsch@usgs.gov"),
diff --git a/tests/testthat/tests_userFriendly_fxns.R b/tests/testthat/tests_userFriendly_fxns.R
index eeb325cd..0422d1b7 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/tests_userFriendly_fxns.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/tests_userFriendly_fxns.R
@@ -399,6 +399,9 @@ test_that("Construct NWIS urls", {
 
 context("pCode Stuff")
 test_that("pCode Stuff", {
+  
+  testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  
   paramINFO <- readNWISpCode(c('01075','00060','00931', NA))
   expect_equal(nrow(paramINFO), 4)