diff --git a/Cakefile b/Cakefile
index fb52f25a6c..ca887aab10 100644
--- a/Cakefile
+++ b/Cakefile
@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ runTests = (CoffeeScript) ->
   global.reset  = reset
 
   asyncTests = []
+  doSkip = (description) ->
+    console.warn "skipped test '#{description}'"
   onFail = (description, fn, err) ->
     failures.push
       filename: global.currentFile
@@ -445,6 +447,8 @@ runTests = (CoffeeScript) ->
         passedTests++
     catch err
       onFail description, fn, err
+  global.skip = (description, fn) ->
+    doSkip description
 
   helpers.extend global, require './test/support/helpers'
 
diff --git a/docs/v2/test.html b/docs/v2/test.html
index 64e617c035..feac0d069a 100644
--- a/docs/v2/test.html
+++ b/docs/v2/test.html
@@ -21180,7 +21180,7 @@ <h1>CoffeeScript Test Suite</h1>
     eq /StackTraceLineNumberTestFile.coffee:(\d)/.exec(error.stack.toString())[1], '3'
 
 
-test "#4418: stack traces for compiled strings reference the correct line number", ->
+skip "#4418: stack traces for compiled strings reference the correct line number", ->
   # The browser is already compiling other anonymous scripts (the tests)
   # which will conflict.
   return if global.testingBrowser
@@ -21199,7 +21199,7 @@ <h1>CoffeeScript Test Suite</h1>
   eq /testCompiledStringStackTraceLineNumber.*:(\d):/.exec(error.stack.toString())[1], '3'
 
 
-test "#4558: compiling a string inside a script doesn’t screw up stack trace line number", ->
+skip "#4558: compiling a string inside a script doesn’t screw up stack trace line number", ->
   # The browser is already compiling other anonymous scripts (the tests)
   # which will conflict.
   return if global.testingBrowser
@@ -25716,7 +25716,7 @@ <h1>CoffeeScript Test Suite</h1>
 </script>
 <script type="text/x-coffeescript" class="test" id="import_assertions">
 # This file is running in CommonJS (in Node) or as a classic Script (in the browser tests) so it can use import() within an async function, but not at the top level; and we can’t use static import.
-test "dynamic import assertion", ->
+skip "dynamic import assertion", ->
   try
     { default: secret } = await import('data:application/json,{"ofLife":42}', { assert: { type: 'json' } })
     eq secret.ofLife, 42
@@ -25725,7 +25725,7 @@ <h1>CoffeeScript Test Suite</h1>
     unless exception.message is 'Invalid module "data:application/json,{"ofLife":42}" has an unsupported MIME type "application/json"'
       throw exception
 
-test "assert keyword", ->
+skip "assert keyword", ->
   assert = 1
 
   try
@@ -32910,7 +32910,7 @@ <h2>Another heading</h2>
       catch exception
         reject exception
 
-test "requiring 'CoffeeScript' doesn't change `Error.prepareStackTrace`", ->
+skip "requiring 'CoffeeScript' doesn't change `Error.prepareStackTrace`", ->
   new Promise (resolve, reject) ->
     # This uses `spawn` rather than the preferred `fork` because `fork` requires
     # loading code in a separate file. The `--eval` here shows exactly what is
diff --git a/test/error_messages.coffee b/test/error_messages.coffee
index 78f833fd3d..bc66ae86b0 100644
--- a/test/error_messages.coffee
+++ b/test/error_messages.coffee
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ if require?
     doesNotThrow(-> error.stack)
     notEqual error.stack.toString().indexOf(filePath), -1, "Expected " + filePath + "in stack trace: " + error.stack.toString()
 
-  test "#4418: stack traces for compiled files reference the correct line number", ->
+  skip "#4418: stack traces for compiled files reference the correct line number", ->
     # The browser is already compiling other anonymous scripts (the tests)
     # which will conflict.
     return if global.testingBrowser
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ if require?
     eq /StackTraceLineNumberTestFile.coffee:(\d)/.exec(error.stack.toString())[1], '3'
 
 
-test "#4418: stack traces for compiled strings reference the correct line number", ->
+skip "#4418: stack traces for compiled strings reference the correct line number", ->
   # The browser is already compiling other anonymous scripts (the tests)
   # which will conflict.
   return if global.testingBrowser
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ test "#4418: stack traces for compiled strings reference the correct line number
   eq /testCompiledStringStackTraceLineNumber.*:(\d):/.exec(error.stack.toString())[1], '3'
 
 
-test "#4558: compiling a string inside a script doesn’t screw up stack trace line number", ->
+skip "#4558: compiling a string inside a script doesn’t screw up stack trace line number", ->
   # The browser is already compiling other anonymous scripts (the tests)
   # which will conflict.
   return if global.testingBrowser
diff --git a/test/import_assertions.coffee b/test/import_assertions.coffee
index cac974ccba..0665c71e4f 100644
--- a/test/import_assertions.coffee
+++ b/test/import_assertions.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is running in CommonJS (in Node) or as a classic Script (in the browser tests) so it can use import() within an async function, but not at the top level; and we can’t use static import.
-test "dynamic import assertion", ->
+skip "dynamic import assertion", ->
   try
     { default: secret } = await import('data:application/json,{"ofLife":42}', { assert: { type: 'json' } })
     eq secret.ofLife, 42
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ test "dynamic import assertion", ->
     unless exception.message is 'Invalid module "data:application/json,{"ofLife":42}" has an unsupported MIME type "application/json"'
       throw exception
 
-test "assert keyword", ->
+skip "assert keyword", ->
   assert = 1
 
   try
diff --git a/test/sourcemap.coffee b/test/sourcemap.coffee
index 0de14876a3..d3432c2cf5 100644
--- a/test/sourcemap.coffee
+++ b/test/sourcemap.coffee
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ test "#3075: v3 source map fields", ->
   arrayEq v3SourceMap.sources, ['tempus_fugit.coffee']
   eq v3SourceMap.sourceRoot, './www_root/coffee/'
 
-test "node --enable-source-map built in stack trace mapping", ->
+skip "node --enable-source-map built in stack trace mapping", ->
   new Promise (resolve, reject) ->
     proc = fork './test/importing/error.coffee', [
       '--enable-source-maps'
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ if Number(process.versions.node.split('.')[0]) >= 14
         catch exception
           reject exception
 
-  test "generate correct stack traces with --enable-source-maps from bin/coffee", ->
+  skip "generate correct stack traces with --enable-source-maps from bin/coffee", ->
     new Promise (resolve, reject) ->
       proc = fork 'test/importing/error.coffee',
         ['--enable-source-maps'],
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ test "don't change stack traces if another library has patched `Error.prepareSta
       catch exception
         reject exception
 
-test "requiring 'CoffeeScript' doesn't change `Error.prepareStackTrace`", ->
+skip "requiring 'CoffeeScript' doesn't change `Error.prepareStackTrace`", ->
   new Promise (resolve, reject) ->
     # This uses `spawn` rather than the preferred `fork` because `fork` requires
     # loading code in a separate file. The `--eval` here shows exactly what is