diff --git a/packages/astro/test/react-component.test.js b/packages/astro/test/react-component.test.js
index 4e237508cd..cca502ade7 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/react-component.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/react-component.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import cheerio from 'cheerio';
-import { loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
+import { describeIfNotWindows, loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
 
 let fixture;
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ describe('React Components', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
-	describe('dev', () => {
+	describeIfNotWindows('dev', () => {
 		let devServer;
 
 		before(async () => {
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/solid-component.test.js b/packages/astro/test/solid-component.test.js
index fa7172d31e..34df0f1139 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/solid-component.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/solid-component.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import cheerio from 'cheerio';
-import { loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
+import { describeIfNotWindows, loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
 
 describe('Solid component', () => {
 	let fixture;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe('Solid component', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
-	describe('dev', () => {
+	describeIfNotWindows('dev', () => {
 		let devServer;
 
 		before(async () => {
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/svelte-component.test.js b/packages/astro/test/svelte-component.test.js
index ef350af4d4..1689d62bc3 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/svelte-component.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/svelte-component.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import cheerio from 'cheerio';
-import { loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
+import { describeIfNotWindows, loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
 
 describe('Svelte component', () => {
 	let fixture;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe('Svelte component', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
-	describe('dev', () => {
+	describeIfNotWindows('dev', () => {
 		let devServer;
 
 		before(async () => {
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/test-utils.js b/packages/astro/test/test-utils.js
index 49775c3b4a..4d32340f7e 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/test-utils.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/test-utils.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { loadConfig } from '../dist/core/config.js';
 import dev from '../dist/core/dev/index.js';
 import build from '../dist/core/build/index.js';
 import preview from '../dist/core/preview/index.js';
+import os from 'os';
 /**
  * @typedef {import('node-fetch').Response} Response
  * @typedef {import('../src/core/dev/index').DevServer} DevServer
@@ -109,3 +110,7 @@ export function cli(/** @type {string[]} */ ...args) {
 
 	return spawned;
 }
+
+export const isWindows = os.platform() === 'win32';
+
+export const describeIfNotWindows = isWindows ? describe.skip : describe;
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/vue-component.test.js b/packages/astro/test/vue-component.test.js
index a02a85a3ff..d1b91865ae 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/vue-component.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/vue-component.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import cheerio from 'cheerio';
-import { loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
+import { describeIfNotWindows, loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
 
 describe('Vue component', () => {
 	let fixture;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('Vue component', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
-	describe('dev', () => {
+	describeIfNotWindows('dev', () => {
 		let devServer;
 
 		before(async () => {