diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/AbstractRedisAdapterTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/AbstractRedisAdapterTest.php
index 05eaf6e68a14..ff0b7eab2be1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/AbstractRedisAdapterTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/AbstractRedisAdapterTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
 
 abstract class AbstractRedisAdapterTest extends AdapterTestCase
 {
+    protected $skippedTests = array(
+        'testExpiration' => 'Testing expiration slows down the test suite',
+        'testHasItemReturnsFalseWhenDeferredItemIsExpired' => 'Testing expiration slows down the test suite',
+        'testDefaultLifeTime' => 'Testing expiration slows down the test suite',
+    );
+
     protected static $redis;
 
     public function createCachePool($defaultLifetime = 0)
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/ApcuAdapterTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/ApcuAdapterTest.php
index 603b898aa2f0..50206bb278b5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/ApcuAdapterTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/ApcuAdapterTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
 
 class ApcuAdapterTest extends AdapterTestCase
 {
+    protected $skippedTests = array(
+        'testExpiration' => 'Testing expiration slows down the test suite',
+        'testHasItemReturnsFalseWhenDeferredItemIsExpired' => 'Testing expiration slows down the test suite',
+        'testDefaultLifeTime' => 'Testing expiration slows down the test suite',
+    );
+
     public function createCachePool($defaultLifetime = 0)
     {
         if (!function_exists('apcu_fetch') || !ini_get('apc.enabled') || ('cli' === PHP_SAPI && !ini_get('apc.enable_cli'))) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/ChainAdapterTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/ChainAdapterTest.php
index 4a0c363e4dd3..b80913c6e089 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/ChainAdapterTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/ChainAdapterTest.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 /**
  * @author Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
+ * @group time-sensitive
  */
 class ChainAdapterTest extends AdapterTestCase
 {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/DoctrineAdapterTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/DoctrineAdapterTest.php
index 2efd769a24a6..28d7fbd78792 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/DoctrineAdapterTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/DoctrineAdapterTest.php
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ class DoctrineAdapterTest extends AdapterTestCase
 
     public function createCachePool($defaultLifetime = 0)
     {
-        return new DoctrineAdapter(new ArrayCache(), '', $defaultLifetime);
+        return new DoctrineAdapter(new ArrayCache($defaultLifetime), '', $defaultLifetime);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/NamespacedProxyAdapterTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/NamespacedProxyAdapterTest.php
index afa545ea050d..c2714033385f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/NamespacedProxyAdapterTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/NamespacedProxyAdapterTest.php
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ class NamespacedProxyAdapterTest extends ProxyAdapterTest
 {
     public function createCachePool($defaultLifetime = 0)
     {
-        return new ProxyAdapter(new ArrayAdapter(), 'foo', $defaultLifetime);
+        return new ProxyAdapter(new ArrayAdapter($defaultLifetime), 'foo', $defaultLifetime);
     }
 }