diff --git a/test/common/README.md b/test/common/README.md
index 5479a39d8c215c..52b25fdcfe81a6 100644
--- a/test/common/README.md
+++ b/test/common/README.md
@@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ Platform check for Advanced Interactive eXecutive (AIX).
 
 Attempts to 'kill' `pid`
 
+### `isDumbTerminal`
+
+* [<boolean>][]
+
 ### `isFreeBSD`
 
 * [<boolean>][]
@@ -385,6 +389,10 @@ will not be run.
 
 Logs '1..0 # Skipped: ' + `msg` and exits with exit code `0`.
 
+### `skipIfDumbTerminal()`
+
+Skip the rest of the tests if the current terminal is a dumb terminal
+
 ### `skipIfEslintMissing()`
 
 Skip the rest of the tests in the current file when `ESLint` is not available
diff --git a/test/common/index.js b/test/common/index.js
index e77e7b95059947..a75287499263b7 100644
--- a/test/common/index.js
+++ b/test/common/index.js
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ const isOpenBSD = process.platform === 'openbsd';
 const isLinux = process.platform === 'linux';
 const isOSX = process.platform === 'darwin';
 
+const isDumbTerminal = process.env.TERM === 'dumb';
+
 const rootDir = isWindows ? 'c:\\' : '/';
 
 const buildType = process.config.target_defaults ?
@@ -653,6 +655,12 @@ function invalidArgTypeHelper(input) {
   return ` Received type ${typeof input} (${inspected})`;
 }
 
+function skipIfDumbTerminal() {
+  if (isDumbTerminal) {
+    skip('skipping - dumb terminal');
+  }
+}
+
 const common = {
   allowGlobals,
   buildType,
@@ -672,6 +680,7 @@ const common = {
   invalidArgTypeHelper,
   isAIX,
   isAlive,
+  isDumbTerminal,
   isFreeBSD,
   isLinux,
   isMainThread,
@@ -692,6 +701,7 @@ const common = {
   runWithInvalidFD,
   skip,
   skipIf32Bits,
+  skipIfDumbTerminal,
   skipIfEslintMissing,
   skipIfInspectorDisabled,
   skipIfWorker,
diff --git a/test/common/index.mjs b/test/common/index.mjs
index 96e6699e3c6f99..fe5ed9872948b7 100644
--- a/test/common/index.mjs
+++ b/test/common/index.mjs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const {
   isIBMi,
   isLinuxPPCBE,
   isSunOS,
+  isDumbTerminal,
   isFreeBSD,
   isOpenBSD,
   isLinux,
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ const {
   mustCall,
   mustCallAtLeast,
   hasMultiLocalhost,
+  skipIfDumbTerminal,
   skipIfEslintMissing,
   canCreateSymLink,
   getCallSite,
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ export {
   isIBMi,
   isLinuxPPCBE,
   isSunOS,
+  isDumbTerminal,
   isFreeBSD,
   isOpenBSD,
   isLinux,
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@ export {
   mustCall,
   mustCallAtLeast,
   hasMultiLocalhost,
+  skipIfDumbTerminal,
   skipIfEslintMissing,
   canCreateSymLink,
   getCallSite,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-console-clear.js b/test/parallel/test-console-clear.js
index b6fc003165dc66..5975602547922a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-console-clear.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-console-clear.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-require('../common');
+const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
 const stdoutWrite = process.stdout.write;
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ function doTest(isTTY, check) {
 }
 
 // Fake TTY
-doTest(true, check);
+if (!common.isDumbTerminal) {
+  doTest(true, check);
+}
 doTest(false, '');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js b/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
index 59a65e8ca2020e..e7247a65c04319 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 // Flags: --expose-internals
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
+common.skipIfDumbTerminal();
 
 const assert = require('assert');
 const readline = require('readline');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-readline-position.js b/test/parallel/test-readline-position.js
index 88e4d6104b5047..f01786eaf19d3c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-readline-position.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-readline-position.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Flags: --expose-internals
 'use strict';
-require('../common');
+const common = require('../common');
 const { internalBinding } = require('internal/test/binding');
 const { PassThrough } = require('stream');
 const readline = require('readline');
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 
 const ctrlU = { ctrl: true, name: 'u' };
 
+common.skipIfDumbTerminal();
+
 {
   const input = new PassThrough();
   const rl = readline.createInterface({
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-readline-tab-complete.js b/test/parallel/test-readline-tab-complete.js
index d7a4bb7a9a0690..e8871863402cb1 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-readline-tab-complete.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-readline-tab-complete.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 const { getStringWidth } = require('internal/util/inspect');
 
+common.skipIfDumbTerminal();
+
 // This test verifies that the tab completion supports unicode and the writes
 // are limited to the minimum.
 [
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-readline-undefined-columns.js b/test/parallel/test-readline-undefined-columns.js
index 40fe2c16d609e9..f1ef7b5bba2eee 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-readline-undefined-columns.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-readline-undefined-columns.js
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const PassThrough = require('stream').PassThrough;
 const readline = require('readline');
 
+common.skipIfDumbTerminal();
+
 // Checks that tab completion still works
 // when output column size is undefined
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-readline.js b/test/parallel/test-readline.js
index d464fdc440c58b..b336996cd2e53e 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-readline.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-readline.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ const { PassThrough } = require('stream');
 const readline = require('readline');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
+common.skipIfDumbTerminal();
+
 {
   const input = new PassThrough();
   const rl = readline.createInterface({
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-editor.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-editor.js
index 6871fbdcb1a882..41685f06e72c06 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-editor.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-editor.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 
-require('../common');
+const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const repl = require('repl');
 const ArrayStream = require('../common/arraystream');
 
+common.skipIfDumbTerminal();
+
 // \u001b[nG - Moves the cursor to n st column
 // \u001b[0J - Clear screen
 // \u001b[0K - Clear to line end
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-history-navigation.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-history-navigation.js
index 8eda8e3ceceeef..640106f38ed4c7 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-history-navigation.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-history-navigation.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const { inspect } = require('util');
 
+common.skipIfDumbTerminal();
+
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 tmpdir.refresh();
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-load-multiline.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-load-multiline.js
index b2bee8d6e4647e..4fcf206bef1be1 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-load-multiline.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-load-multiline.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
-require('../common');
+const common = require('../common');
 const ArrayStream = require('../common/arraystream');
 const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const repl = require('repl');
 
+common.skipIfDumbTerminal();
+
 const command = `.load ${fixtures.path('repl-load-multiline.js')}`;
 const terminalCode = '\u001b[1G\u001b[0J \u001b[1G';
 const terminalCodeRegex = new RegExp(terminalCode.replace(/\[/g, '\\['), 'g');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-persistent-history.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-persistent-history.js
index 1d1261a3752365..705a7c7c236fb0 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-persistent-history.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-persistent-history.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ const path = require('path');
 const os = require('os');
 const util = require('util');
 
+common.skipIfDumbTerminal();
+
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 tmpdir.refresh();
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-preview.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-preview.js
index b8dbbf3f9a993d..754963e08ebeb3 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-preview.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-preview.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const { Stream } = require('stream');
 const { inspect } = require('util');
 
 common.skipIfInspectorDisabled();
+common.skipIfDumbTerminal();
 
 const PROMPT = 'repl > ';
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-programmatic-history.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-programmatic-history.js
index 5307ae0556ae74..0eccea655263cd 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-programmatic-history.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-programmatic-history.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ const path = require('path');
 const os = require('os');
 const util = require('util');
 
+common.skipIfDumbTerminal();
+
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 tmpdir.refresh();
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-reverse-search.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-reverse-search.js
index 45a7ec327f7232..5027bd7da497fe 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-reverse-search.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-reverse-search.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const { inspect } = require('util');
 
+common.skipIfDumbTerminal();
 common.allowGlobals('aaaa');
 
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');