diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/custom-cache-control/custom-cache-control.test.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/custom-cache-control/custom-cache-control.test.ts
index 158c953df1681..63e8306dd9b5e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/custom-cache-control/custom-cache-control.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/custom-cache-control/custom-cache-control.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 import { nextTestSetup } from 'e2e-utils'
 
 describe('custom-cache-control', () => {
-  const { next, isNextDev } = nextTestSetup({
+  const { next, isNextDev, isNextDeploy } = nextTestSetup({
     files: __dirname,
   })
 
+  if (isNextDeploy) {
+    // customizing these headers won't apply on environments
+    // where headers are applied outside of the Next.js server
+    it('should skip for deploy', () => {})
+  }
+
   it('should have custom cache-control for app-ssg prerendered', async () => {
     const res = await next.fetch('/app-ssg/first')
     expect(res.headers.get('cache-control')).toBe(