diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 593027bdc8..93ad225b39 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ Before your create a PR, please check to see if there is [an existing issue](htt
 
 Not adhering to this guideline will result in the PR being closed. 
 
-## Tests
+## Testing and Formatting Your Code
 
-1. PRs will only be merged if tests pass on CI. To run the tests locally, please set up [your Gradio environment locally](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) and run the tests: `bash scripts/run_all_tests.sh`
+1. PRs will only be merged if tests pass on CI. We recommend at least running the backend tests locally, please set up [your Gradio environment locally](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) and run the backed tests: `bash scripts/run_backend_tests.sh`
 
-2. You may need to run the linters: `bash scripts/format_backend.sh` and `bash scripts/format_frontend.sh`
+2. Please run these bash scripts to automatically format your code: `bash scripts/format_backend.sh`, and (if you made any changes to non-Python files) `bash scripts/format_frontend.sh`
   
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index bea944895f..5c97432c23 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ We use Pytest, Playwright and Vitest to test our code.
 - The Python tests are located in `/test`. To run these tests:
 
 ```
-bash scripts/run_all_tests.sh
+bash scripts/run_backend_tests.sh
 ```
 
 - The frontend unit tests are any defined with the filename `*.test.ts`. To run them:
diff --git a/scripts/run_all_tests.sh b/scripts/run_all_tests.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4bb432031c..0000000000
--- a/scripts/run_all_tests.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -eu
-
-cd "$(dirname ${0})/.."
-
-echo "Running the tests..."
-python -m pytest --cov=gradio --durations=20 --durations-min=1 test
diff --git a/scripts/run_backend_tests.sh b/scripts/run_backend_tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..07b2dc7081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run_backend_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash -eu
+
+cd "$(dirname ${0})/.."
+
+echo "Running the backend unit tests..."
+python -m pytest test -m "not flaky"