diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/scripting/gradle/GradleScriptOutOfProjectTest.kt b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/scripting/gradle/GradleScriptOutOfProjectTest.kt
index 86c84fa7b42..ec2578486b7 100644
--- a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/scripting/gradle/GradleScriptOutOfProjectTest.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/scripting/gradle/GradleScriptOutOfProjectTest.kt
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ class GradleScriptOutOfProjectTest : AbstractScriptConfigurationLoadingTest() {
 
     private fun assertConfigurationShouldBeLoadedManually() {
         assertNull(getConfiguration())
-        assertAndDoAllBackgroundTasks()
         assertNoLoading()
     }