diff --git a/ktor-client/ktor-client-core/common/test/HttpCacheTest.kt b/ktor-client/ktor-client-core/common/test/HttpCacheTest.kt
index 0fe98f6944..c78a4ffdfd 100644
--- a/ktor-client/ktor-client-core/common/test/HttpCacheTest.kt
+++ b/ktor-client/ktor-client-core/common/test/HttpCacheTest.kt
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@ import io.ktor.http.*
 import io.ktor.server.response.*
 import io.ktor.server.routing.*
 import io.ktor.server.testing.*
+import io.ktor.util.*
 import io.ktor.utils.io.*
 import kotlinx.coroutines.*
+import kotlinx.coroutines.test.TestResult
+import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
+import kotlin.coroutines.EmptyCoroutineContext
 import kotlin.test.Test
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.milliseconds
@@ -157,4 +161,12 @@ class HttpCacheTest {
         assertEquals("after(before(Hello))", firstResponse)
         assertEquals(firstResponse, secondResponse)
     }
+
+    private fun testApplication(block: suspend ApplicationTestBuilder.() -> Unit): TestResult {
+        return if (!PlatformUtils.IS_BROWSER) {
+            testApplication(EmptyCoroutineContext, block)
+        } else {
+            runTest { println("Skipping test on browser") }
+        }
+    }
 }