diff --git a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/singlefolder-tests/terminal.test.ts b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/singlefolder-tests/terminal.test.ts
index 48615e433f6f6348af99288c75c10b5c66de87be..6e9731fbfde23a96ece4dd772c7a06dd80f41854 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/singlefolder-tests/terminal.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/singlefolder-tests/terminal.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import { window, Pseudoterminal, EventEmitter, TerminalDimensions, workspace, ConfigurationTarget, Disposable, UIKind, env, EnvironmentVariableMutatorType, EnvironmentVariableMutator, extensions, ExtensionContext, TerminalOptions, ExtensionTerminalOptions, Terminal } from 'vscode';
-import { doesNotThrow, equal, deepEqual, throws } from 'assert';
+import { doesNotThrow, equal, deepEqual, throws, strictEqual } from 'assert';
 import { assertNoRpc } from '../utils';
 
 // Disable terminal tests:
@@ -55,42 +55,28 @@ import { assertNoRpc } from '../utils';
 			});
 		});
 
-		(process.platform === 'linux' ? test.skip : test.skip)('echo works in the default shell', (done) => {
-			disposables.push(window.onDidOpenTerminal(term => {
-				try {
-					equal(terminal, term);
-				} catch (e) {
-					done(e);
-					return;
-				}
-				let data = '';
-				const dataDisposable = window.onDidWriteTerminalData(e => {
-					try {
-						equal(terminal, e.terminal);
-					} catch (e) {
-						done(e);
-						return;
-					}
-					data += e.data;
-					if (data.indexOf(expected) !== 0) {
-						dataDisposable.dispose();
-						terminal.dispose();
-						disposables.push(window.onDidCloseTerminal(() => {
-							done();
-						}));
-					}
+		test('echo works in the default shell', async () => {
+			const terminal = await new Promise<Terminal>(r => {
+				disposables.push(window.onDidOpenTerminal(t => {
+					strictEqual(terminal, t);
+					r(terminal);
+				}));
+				// Use a single character to avoid winpty/conpty issues with injected sequences
+				const terminal = window.createTerminal({
+					env: { TEST: '`' }
 				});
-				disposables.push(dataDisposable);
-			}));
-			// Use a single character to avoid winpty/conpty issues with injected sequences
-			const expected = '`';
-			const terminal = window.createTerminal({
-				env: {
-					TEST: '`'
-				}
+				terminal.show();
 			});
-			terminal.show();
-			doesNotThrow(() => {
+
+			let data = '';
+			await new Promise<void>(r => {
+				disposables.push(window.onDidWriteTerminalData(e => {
+					strictEqual(terminal, e.terminal);
+					data += e.data;
+					if (data.indexOf('`') !== 0) {
+						r();
+					}
+				}));
 				// Print an environment variable value so the echo statement doesn't get matched
 				if (process.platform === 'win32') {
 					terminal.sendText(`$env:TEST`);
@@ -98,6 +84,14 @@ import { assertNoRpc } from '../utils';
 					terminal.sendText(`echo $TEST`);
 				}
 			});
+
+			await new Promise<void>(r => {
+				terminal.dispose();
+				disposables.push(window.onDidCloseTerminal(t => {
+					strictEqual(terminal, t);
+					r();
+				}));
+			});
 		});
 
 		test('onDidCloseTerminal event fires when terminal is disposed', async () => {