diff --git a/js/client/modules/@arangodb/testsuites/ldap.js b/js/client/modules/@arangodb/testsuites/ldap.js
index b87c03eacc..0f93e5177a 100644
--- a/js/client/modules/@arangodb/testsuites/ldap.js
+++ b/js/client/modules/@arangodb/testsuites/ldap.js
@@ -236,6 +236,17 @@ exports.setup = function (testFns, defaultFns, opts, fnDocs, optionsDoc) {
   opts['ldapUrl'] = '127.0.0.1';
   opts['caCertFilePath'] = '~/ca_cert.pem';
 
+  // turn off ldap tests by default. only enable them in enterprise version
+  opts['skipLdap'] = true;
+
+  let version = {};
+  if (global.ARANGODB_CLIENT_VERSION) {
+    version = global.ARANGODB_CLIENT_VERSION(true);
+    if (version['enterprise-version']) {
+      opts['skipLdap'] = false;
+    }
+  }
+
   for (var attrname in functionsDocumentation) { fnDocs[attrname] = functionsDocumentation[attrname]; }
   for (var i = 0; i < optionsDocumentation.length; i++) { optionsDoc.push(optionsDocumentation[i]); }
 };