diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/ImportAndCheckHighlighting.kt b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/ImportAndCheckHighlighting.kt
index 1a7c61887b4..b687dd75193 100644
--- a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/ImportAndCheckHighlighting.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/ImportAndCheckHighlighting.kt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class ImportAndCheckHighlighting : MultiplePluginVersionGradleImportingTestCase(
 
     private fun importAndCheckHighlighting(testLineMarkers: Boolean = true, checkWarnings: Boolean = true) {
         val files = configureByFiles()
-        importProject()
+        importProject(skipIndexing = false)
         val project = myTestFixture.project
         checkFiles(
             files.filter { it.extension == "kt" || it.extension == "java" },
diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/ImportAndCheckNavigation.kt b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/ImportAndCheckNavigation.kt
index 1614084d97c..aff59ca338f 100644
--- a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/ImportAndCheckNavigation.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/ImportAndCheckNavigation.kt
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile
-import com.intellij.psi.PsiComment
-import com.intellij.psi.PsiReference
-import com.intellij.psi.PsiWhiteSpace
+import com.intellij.psi.*
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil
 import com.intellij.testFramework.runInEdtAndGet
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.codeInsight.gradle.MasterPluginVersionGradleImportingTestCase
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ class ImportAndCheckNavigation : MasterPluginVersionGradleImportingTestCase() {
     @Test
     @PluginTargetVersions(gradleVersion = "6.0+", pluginVersion = "1.4+", gradleVersionForLatestPlugin = mppImportTestMinVersionForMaster)
     fun testNavigationToCommonizedLibrary() {
-        val files = importProjectFromTestData()
+        val files = configureAndImportProject()
 
         files.forEach { vFile ->
             val referencesToTest = vFile.collectReferencesToTest()
@@ -50,6 +48,12 @@ class ImportAndCheckNavigation : MasterPluginVersionGradleImportingTestCase() {
 
     override fun testDataDirName() = "importAndCheckNavigation"
 
+    private fun configureAndImportProject(): List<VirtualFile> {
+        val files = configureByFiles()
+        importProject(skipIndexing = false)
+        return files
+    }
+
     private fun VirtualFile.collectReferencesToTest(): Map<PsiReference, String> {
         if (extension != "kt") return emptyMap()
 
diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/KaptImportingTest.kt b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/KaptImportingTest.kt
index 6c00727a84d..8fc38ae0b0f 100644
--- a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/KaptImportingTest.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/KaptImportingTest.kt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class KaptImportingTest : MultiplePluginVersionGradleImportingTestCase() {
         val isCreateEmptyContentRootDirectories = currentExternalProjectSettings.isCreateEmptyContentRootDirectories
         currentExternalProjectSettings.isCreateEmptyContentRootDirectories = true
         try {
-            super.importProject()
+            super.importProject(true)
         } finally {
             currentExternalProjectSettings.isCreateEmptyContentRootDirectories = isCreateEmptyContentRootDirectories
         }
diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/NewMultiplatformProjectImportingTest.kt b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/NewMultiplatformProjectImportingTest.kt
index e1b599ca285..0c4829039ee 100644
--- a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/NewMultiplatformProjectImportingTest.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/NewMultiplatformProjectImportingTest.kt
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ class NewMultiplatformProjectImportingTest : MultiplePluginVersionGradleImportin
     @PluginTargetVersions(gradleVersionForLatestPlugin = mppImportTestMinVersionForMaster)
     fun testTestTasks() {
         val files = configureByFiles()
-        importProject()
+        importProject(skipIndexing = true)
 
         checkProjectStructure(exhaustiveSourceSourceRootList = false) {
             module("project")
diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/PackagePrefixImportingTest.kt b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/PackagePrefixImportingTest.kt
index e68b3f5358f..e4e4bb1f4bc 100644
--- a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/PackagePrefixImportingTest.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/PackagePrefixImportingTest.kt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class PackagePrefixImportingTest : MultiplePluginVersionGradleImportingTestCase(
         val isCreateEmptyContentRootDirectories = currentExternalProjectSettings.isCreateEmptyContentRootDirectories
         currentExternalProjectSettings.isCreateEmptyContentRootDirectories = true
         try {
-            super.importProject()
+            super.importProject(true)
         } finally {
             currentExternalProjectSettings.isCreateEmptyContentRootDirectories = isCreateEmptyContentRootDirectories
         }
diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/ExternalSystemImportingTestCase.java b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/ExternalSystemImportingTestCase.java
index 841c1a18a05..bef9bc03852 100644
--- a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/ExternalSystemImportingTestCase.java
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/ExternalSystemImportingTestCase.java
@@ -449,13 +449,28 @@ public abstract class ExternalSystemImportingTestCase extends ExternalSystemTest
         return getRootManager(moduleName).getContentEntries();
     }
 
-    protected void importProject(@NonNls String config) throws IOException {
+    protected void importProject(@NonNls String config, Boolean skipIndexing) throws IOException {
         createProjectConfig(config);
-        importProject();
+        importProject(skipIndexing);
     }
 
-    protected void importProject() {
-        doImportProject();
+    protected void importProject(Boolean skipIndexing) {
+        String indexingPropertyName = "idea.skip.indices.initialization";
+        String previousIndexingState = System.getProperty(indexingPropertyName);
+        try {
+            if (skipIndexing != null) {
+                System.setProperty(indexingPropertyName, skipIndexing.toString());
+            }
+            doImportProject();
+        } finally {
+            if (skipIndexing != null) {
+                if (previousIndexingState == null) {
+                    System.clearProperty(indexingPropertyName);
+                } else {
+                    System.setProperty(indexingPropertyName, previousIndexingState);
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     public boolean ensureIsNotGradleProxyObject(
diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/GradleFacetImportTest.kt b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/GradleFacetImportTest.kt
index 782d63e146f..e8b9c11099b 100644
--- a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/GradleFacetImportTest.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/GradleFacetImportTest.kt
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ class GradleFacetImportTest : GradleImportingTestCase() {
         val isCreateEmptyContentRootDirectories = currentExternalProjectSettings.isCreateEmptyContentRootDirectories
         try {
             currentExternalProjectSettings.isCreateEmptyContentRootDirectories = true
-            super.importProject()
+            super.importProject(true)
         } finally {
             currentExternalProjectSettings.isCreateEmptyContentRootDirectories = isCreateEmptyContentRootDirectories
         }
diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/GradleImportingTestCase.kt b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/GradleImportingTestCase.kt
index bba25d064bf..9de10e2d445 100644
--- a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/GradleImportingTestCase.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/GradleImportingTestCase.kt
@@ -219,12 +219,16 @@ abstract class GradleImportingTestCase : ExternalSystemImportingTestCase() {
     override fun getExternalSystemConfigFileName(): String = "build.gradle"
 
     @Throws(IOException::class)
-    protected open fun importProjectUsingSingeModulePerGradleProject(config: String? = null) {
+    protected open fun importProjectUsingSingeModulePerGradleProject(config: String? = null, skipIndexing: Boolean? = null) {
         currentExternalProjectSettings.isResolveModulePerSourceSet = false
-        importProject(config)
+        importProject(config, skipIndexing)
     }
 
-    override fun importProject() {
+    open fun importProject() {
+        importProject(skipIndexing = null)
+    }
+
+    override fun importProject(skipIndexing: Boolean?) {
         ExternalSystemApiUtil.subscribe(
             myProject,
             GradleConstants.SYSTEM_ID,
@@ -236,14 +240,14 @@ abstract class GradleImportingTestCase : ExternalSystemImportingTestCase() {
                     }
                 }
             })
-        super.importProject()
+        super.importProject(skipIndexing)
     }
 
     @Throws(IOException::class)
-    override fun importProject(@NonNls @Language("Groovy") config: String?) {
+    override fun importProject(@NonNls @Language("Groovy") config: String?, skipIndexing: Boolean?) {
         var config = config
         config = injectRepo(config)
-        super.importProject(config)
+        super.importProject(config, skipIndexing)
     }
 
     override fun handleImportFailure(errorMessage: String, errorDetails: String?) {
@@ -385,9 +389,9 @@ abstract class GradleImportingTestCase : ExternalSystemImportingTestCase() {
         }.toList()
     }
 
-    protected fun importProjectFromTestData(): List<VirtualFile> {
+    protected fun importProjectFromTestData(skipIndexing: Boolean? = null): List<VirtualFile> {
         val files = configureByFiles()
-        importProject()
+        importProject(skipIndexing)
         return files
     }
 
diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/GradleKtsImportTest.kt b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/GradleKtsImportTest.kt
index 035d7e80126..91b3b527316 100644
--- a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/GradleKtsImportTest.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/GradleKtsImportTest.kt
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ class GradleKtsImportTest : GradleImportingTestCase() {
         return "gradleKtsImportTest"
     }
 
+    override fun importProject() {
+        importProject(true)
+    }
+
     @Test
     @TargetVersions("6.0.1+")
     fun testEmpty() {
diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/MultiplePluginVersionGradleImportingTestCase.kt b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/MultiplePluginVersionGradleImportingTestCase.kt
index 182753c8d96..91648ea9aa2 100644
--- a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/MultiplePluginVersionGradleImportingTestCase.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/gradle/MultiplePluginVersionGradleImportingTestCase.kt
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ abstract class MultiplePluginVersionGradleImportingTestCase : GradleImportingTes
         )
     }
 
+    override fun importProject() {
+        super.importProject(skipIndexing = true)
+    }
+
     @JvmField
     @Parameterized.Parameter(1)
     var gradleKotlinPluginVersionType: String = MINIMAL_SUPPORTED_VERSION