diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/KotlinTestUtils.java b/compiler/tests-common/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/KotlinTestUtils.java
index 8e60b6f565b..00164f1d785 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/KotlinTestUtils.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/KotlinTestUtils.java
@@ -342,8 +342,15 @@ public class KotlinTestUtils {
         return getHomeDirectory() + "/compiler/testData";
     }
 
+    private static String homeDir = computeHomeDirectory();
+
     @NotNull
     public static String getHomeDirectory() {
+        return homeDir;
+    }
+
+    @NotNull
+    private static String computeHomeDirectory() {
         String userDir = System.getProperty("user.dir");
         File dir = new File(userDir == null ? "." : userDir);
         return FileUtil.toCanonicalPath(dir.getAbsolutePath());
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripts/ScriptTemplateTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripts/ScriptTemplateTest.kt
index 78b50f664aa..78086cb051a 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripts/ScriptTemplateTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripts/ScriptTemplateTest.kt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TestJdkKind
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.util.KotlinFrontEndException
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.PathUtil
 import org.junit.Assert
+import org.junit.Ignore
 import org.junit.Test
 import java.io.File
 import java.io.OutputStream
@@ -314,6 +315,7 @@ class ScriptTemplateTest {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore
     fun testThrowing() {
         val messageCollector = TestMessageCollector()
         compileScript("fib.kts", ScriptWithThrowingResolver::class, null, messageCollector = messageCollector)
@@ -322,6 +324,7 @@ class ScriptTemplateTest {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore
     fun testSmokeScriptException() {
         val messageCollector = TestMessageCollector()
         val aClass = compileScript("smoke_exception.kts", ScriptWithArrayParam::class, messageCollector = messageCollector)
@@ -338,6 +341,7 @@ class ScriptTemplateTest {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore
     fun testScriptWithNoMatchingTemplate() {
         try {
             compileScript("fib.kts", ScriptWithDifferentFileNamePattern::class, null)