diff --git a/tests/peer/test_peerid.py b/tests/peer/test_peerid.py
index ea244ce8..e808a3b6 100644
--- a/tests/peer/test_peerid.py
+++ b/tests/peer/test_peerid.py
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ import base58
 import multihash
 
 from libp2p.crypto.rsa import create_new_key_pair
+import libp2p.peer.id as PeerID
 from libp2p.peer.id import ID
 
 ALPHABETS = "123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz"
 
+# ensure we are not in "debug" mode for the following tests
+PeerID.FRIENDLY_IDS = False
+
 
 def test_eq_impl_for_bytes():
     random_id_string = ""