diff --git a/cylc/flow/task_events_mgr.py b/cylc/flow/task_events_mgr.py
index 8e7a8b8636..29cbface29 100644
--- a/cylc/flow/task_events_mgr.py
+++ b/cylc/flow/task_events_mgr.py
@@ -1398,10 +1398,10 @@ def _process_message_succeeded(self, itask, event_time, forced):
             "time_run_exit": event_time,
         })
         # Update mean elapsed time only on task succeeded,
-        # and only if task is running in live mode:
+        # (Don't record skip mode run times)
         if (
             itask.summary['started_time'] is not None
-            and itask.run_mode == RunMode.LIVE.value
+            and itask.run_mode != RunMode.SKIP
         ):
             itask.tdef.elapsed_times.append(
                 itask.summary['finished_time'] -