diff --git a/plugins/kotlin/idea/tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeMetaInfo/AbstractCodeMetaInfoTest.kt b/plugins/kotlin/idea/tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeMetaInfo/AbstractCodeMetaInfoTest.kt
index ee2d08184696..bbf0691ee9a3 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin/idea/tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeMetaInfo/AbstractCodeMetaInfoTest.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlin/idea/tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeMetaInfo/AbstractCodeMetaInfoTest.kt
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.nio.file.Paths
 import kotlin.io.path.exists
 
+/**
+ * @property focusMode should be cleared explicitly by caller
+ */
 @Ignore
 class CodeMetaInfoTestCase(
     val codeMetaInfoTypes: Collection<AbstractCodeMetaInfoRenderConfiguration>,
diff --git a/plugins/kotlin/idea/tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/KotlinHighlightingTestUtils.kt b/plugins/kotlin/idea/tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/KotlinHighlightingTestUtils.kt
index 255feb4083c3..7c5e1c5b8058 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin/idea/tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/KotlinHighlightingTestUtils.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlin/idea/tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/KotlinHighlightingTestUtils.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.highlighter
 
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.impl.HighlightInfoType
 import com.intellij.lang.annotation.HighlightSeverity
+import com.intellij.openapi.editor.ex.EditorSettingsExternalizable
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.Disposer
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.Hash
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.objects.ObjectOpenCustomHashSet
@@ -51,7 +53,12 @@ fun checkHighlighting(
         focusMode = expectedHighlightingFile.parentFile.name == "focusMode"
     )
 
-    codeMetaInfoTestCase.checkFile(file.virtualFile, expectedHighlightingFile, project)
+    val oldMode = EditorSettingsExternalizable.getInstance().isFocusMode
+    try {
+        codeMetaInfoTestCase.checkFile(file.virtualFile, expectedHighlightingFile, project)
+    } finally {
+        EditorSettingsExternalizable.getInstance().isFocusMode = oldMode
+    }
 }
 
 private fun Directives.highlightSeverity(): HighlightSeverity? {