diff --git a/tests/src/rules/consistent-type-specifier-style.js b/tests/src/rules/consistent-type-specifier-style.js
index 2a899a9549..96037b6cba 100644
--- a/tests/src/rules/consistent-type-specifier-style.js
+++ b/tests/src/rules/consistent-type-specifier-style.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { RuleTester } from 'eslint';
-import { test, parsers, tsVersionSatisfies } from '../utils';
+import { test, parsers, tsVersionSatisfies, eslintVersionSatisfies } from '../utils';
 
 const rule = require('rules/consistent-type-specifier-style');
 
@@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ context('TypeScript', () => {
 });
 
 context('Babel/Flow', () => {
+  if (!eslintVersionSatisfies('> 3')) {
+    return;
+  }
+  
   const ruleTester = new RuleTester({
     parser: parsers.BABEL_OLD,
     parserOptions: {
diff --git a/tests/src/utils.js b/tests/src/utils.js
index 4d6c5f3fed..3ea4aad33b 100644
--- a/tests/src/utils.js
+++ b/tests/src/utils.js
@@ -34,8 +34,12 @@ export function getNonDefaultParsers() {
 
 export const FILENAME = testFilePath('foo.js');
 
+export function eslintVersionSatisfies(specifier) {
+  return semver.satisfies(eslintPkg.version, specifier);
+}
+
 export function testVersion(specifier, t) {
-  return semver.satisfies(eslintPkg.version, specifier) ? test(t()) : [];
+  return eslintVersionSatisfies(specifier) ? test(t()) : [];
 }
 
 export function test(t) {