Skipping Tests
To skip running the tests for a particular project, set the skipTests property to true.
<project> [...] <build><plugins><plugin><groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId><artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId><version>2.13</version><configuration><skipTests>true</skipTests></configuration></plugin></plugins></build> [...] </project>
You can also skip the tests via command line by executing the following command:
mvn install -DskipTests
If you absolutely must, you can also use the maven.test.skip property to skip compiling the tests. maven.test.skip is honored by Surefire, Failsafe and the Compiler Plugin.
mvn install -Dmaven.test.skip=true
http://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/skipping-test.html