diff --git a/src/DynamoCore/Core/NodeModelAssemblyLoader.cs b/src/DynamoCore/Core/NodeModelAssemblyLoader.cs
index 1a9244cbfee..26cc971aa82 100644
--- a/src/DynamoCore/Core/NodeModelAssemblyLoader.cs
+++ b/src/DynamoCore/Core/NodeModelAssemblyLoader.cs
@@ -79,8 +79,12 @@ private void OnAssemblyLoaded(Assembly assem)
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Should be used only in tests
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static event Func<string, bool> shouldLoadAssemblyPath;
         #endregion
-        
+
         #region Methods
         /// <summary>
         /// Load all types which inherit from NodeModel whose assemblies are located in
@@ -131,6 +135,13 @@ var assembly in
             var result = new List<TypeLoadData>();
             var result2 = new List<TypeLoadData>();
 
+            if (Models.DynamoModel.IsTestMode)
+            {
+                if (shouldLoadAssemblyPath != null) {
+                    allDynamoAssemblyPaths = allDynamoAssemblyPaths.Where((path) => shouldLoadAssemblyPath(path)).ToList();
+                }
+            }
+            
             foreach (var assemblyPath in allDynamoAssemblyPaths)
             {
                 var fn = Path.GetFileName(assemblyPath);
diff --git a/test/DynamoCoreTests/Setup.cs b/test/DynamoCoreTests/Setup.cs
index 51a8589d12b..7f9b2a8abd2 100644
--- a/test/DynamoCoreTests/Setup.cs
+++ b/test/DynamoCoreTests/Setup.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
+using Dynamo.Models;
 using Dynamo.Utilities;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 
@@ -9,6 +10,20 @@ public class Setup
     {
         private AssemblyHelper assemblyHelper;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Skip loading WPF nodes during DynamoCore tests because they will fail to load and will generate too many useless logs
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="assemblyPath"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        private bool NodeModelAssemblyLoader_shouldLoadAssemblyPath(string assemblyPath)
+        {
+            if (assemblyPath.Contains("WPF", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || assemblyPath.Contains("UI", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+
         [OneTimeSetUp]
         public void RunBeforeAllTests()
         {
@@ -24,6 +39,7 @@ public void RunBeforeAllTests()
 
             assemblyHelper = new AssemblyHelper(moduleRootFolder.FullName, resolutionPaths);
             AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += assemblyHelper.ResolveAssembly;
+            NodeModelAssemblyLoader.shouldLoadAssemblyPath += NodeModelAssemblyLoader_shouldLoadAssemblyPath;
         }
 
         [OneTimeTearDown]
@@ -31,5 +47,6 @@ public void RunAfterAllTests()
         {
             AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve -= assemblyHelper.ResolveAssembly;
             assemblyHelper = null;
+            NodeModelAssemblyLoader.shouldLoadAssemblyPath -= NodeModelAssemblyLoader_shouldLoadAssemblyPath;
         }
     }