diff --git a/tsconsensus/tsconsensus_test.go b/tsconsensus/tsconsensus_test.go
index 7f89eb48a..796c8f51b 100644
--- a/tsconsensus/tsconsensus_test.go
+++ b/tsconsensus/tsconsensus_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"net/netip"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/raft"
 	"tailscale.com/client/tailscale"
-	"tailscale.com/cmd/testwrapper/flakytest"
 	"tailscale.com/ipn/store/mem"
 	"tailscale.com/net/netns"
 	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
@@ -115,8 +113,8 @@ func (f *fsm) Restore(rc io.ReadCloser) error {
 }
 
 func testConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" && cibuild.On() {
-		t.Skip("cmd/natc isn't supported on Windows, so skipping tsconsensus tests on CI for now; see https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/16340")
+	if cibuild.On() {
+		t.Skip("these integration tests don't always work well in CI and that's bad for CI; see https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/16340 and https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/18022")
 	}
 	// -race AND Parallel makes things start to take too long.
 	if !racebuild.On {
@@ -251,7 +249,6 @@ func warnLogConfig() Config {
 }
 
 func TestStart(t *testing.T) {
-	flakytest.Mark(t, "https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/15627")
 	testConfig(t)
 	control, controlURL := startControl(t)
 	ctx := context.Background()
@@ -372,7 +369,6 @@ func createConsensusCluster(t testing.TB, ctx context.Context, clusterTag string
 }
 
 func TestApply(t *testing.T) {
-	flakytest.Mark(t, "https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/15627")
 	testConfig(t)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	clusterTag := "tag:whatever"
@@ -437,7 +433,6 @@ func assertCommandsWorkOnAnyNode(t testing.TB, participants []*participant) {
 }
 
 func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	flakytest.Mark(t, "https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/15627")
 	testConfig(t)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	clusterTag := "tag:whatever"
@@ -477,7 +472,6 @@ func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestFollowerFailover(t *testing.T) {
-	flakytest.Mark(t, "https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/15627")
 	testConfig(t)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	clusterTag := "tag:whatever"
@@ -549,7 +543,6 @@ func TestFollowerFailover(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRejoin(t *testing.T) {
-	flakytest.Mark(t, "https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/15627")
 	testConfig(t)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	clusterTag := "tag:whatever"
@@ -585,7 +578,6 @@ func TestRejoin(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestOnlyTaggedPeersCanDialRaftPort(t *testing.T) {
-	flakytest.Mark(t, "https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/15627")
 	testConfig(t)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	clusterTag := "tag:whatever"
@@ -643,7 +635,6 @@ func TestOnlyTaggedPeersCanDialRaftPort(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestOnlyTaggedPeersCanBeDialed(t *testing.T) {
-	flakytest.Mark(t, "https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/15627")
 	testConfig(t)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	clusterTag := "tag:whatever"