diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/effect-order-7/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/effect-order-7/_config.js
index 3eff39d7ae..7d7519d113 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/effect-order-7/_config.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/effect-order-7/_config.js
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ import { flushSync } from 'svelte';
 import { test } from '../../test';
 
 export default test({
+	// For this to work in non-async mode, we would need to abort
+	// inside `#traverse_effect_tree`, which would be very
+	// complicated and annoying. Since this hasn't been
+	// a real issue (AFAICT), we ignore it
+	skip_no_async: true,
+
 	async test({ target }) {
 		const [open, close] = target.querySelectorAll('button');