diff --git a/tests/app/ui/image-cache/image-cache-tests.ts b/tests/app/ui/image-cache/image-cache-tests.ts
index 16888aec5b..0b437913af 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/image-cache/image-cache-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/image-cache/image-cache-tests.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 import * as imageCacheModule from "@nativescript/core/ui/image-cache";
 import { ImageSource } from "@nativescript/core/image-source";
-import * as types from "@nativescript/core/utils/types";
 import { isAndroid, device } from "@nativescript/core/platform";
 import lazy from "@nativescript/core/utils/lazy";
 
-import * as TKUnit from "../../tk-unit";
-
 const sdkVersion = lazy(() => parseInt(device.sdkVersion));
 
-export const test_ImageCache_ValidUrl = function () {
+export const test_ImageCache_ValidUrl = function (done: (err: Error, res?: string) => void) {
     // see https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/6643
     if (isAndroid && sdkVersion() < 20) {
         return;
@@ -17,8 +14,6 @@ export const test_ImageCache_ValidUrl = function () {
     const cache = new imageCacheModule.Cache();
     cache.maxRequests = 5;
 
-    let validKey: string;
-
     let imgSource: ImageSource;
     const url = "https://github.com/NativeScript.png";
     // Try to read the image from the cache
@@ -26,6 +21,7 @@ export const test_ImageCache_ValidUrl = function () {
     if (image) {
         // If present -- use it.
         imgSource = new ImageSource(image);
+        done(new Error("The image was found in the cache"));
     }
     else {
         // If not present -- request its download.
@@ -35,24 +31,18 @@ export const test_ImageCache_ValidUrl = function () {
             completed: (image: any, key: string) => {
                 if (url === key) {
                     imgSource = new ImageSource(image);
-                    validKey = key;
                     console.log("Valid url: ", key);
+                    done(null);
                 }
             }
         });
     }
-
-    TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => types.isDefined(validKey), 8);
-    TKUnit.assertEqual(validKey, url, "Key should equal the provided url");
 };
 
-export const test_ImageCache_NothingAtProvidedUrl = function () {
+export const test_ImageCache_NothingAtProvidedUrl = function (done: (err: Error, res?: string) => void) {
     const cache = new imageCacheModule.Cache();
     cache.maxRequests = 5;
 
-    let errorCaught = false;
-    let errorMessage: string;
-
     let imgSource: ImageSource;
     const url = "https://github.com/NativeScript-NoImage.png";
     // Try to read the image from the cache
@@ -60,6 +50,7 @@ export const test_ImageCache_NothingAtProvidedUrl = function () {
     if (image) {
         // If present -- use it.
         imgSource = new ImageSource(image);
+        done(new Error("The image was found in the cache"));
     }
     else {
         // If not present -- request its download.
@@ -70,15 +61,12 @@ export const test_ImageCache_NothingAtProvidedUrl = function () {
                 if (url === key) {
                     imgSource = new ImageSource(image);
                 }
+                done(new Error("The completed callback was not expected to be called"));
             },
             error: (key: string) => {
                 console.log("No image for key: ", key);
-                errorMessage = `No image for key: ${key}`;
-                errorCaught = true;
+                done(null);
             }
         });
     }
-
-    TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => errorCaught);
-    TKUnit.assertEqual(`No image for key: ${url}`, errorMessage);
 };