diff --git a/thrifty-runtime/build.gradle b/thrifty-runtime/build.gradle
index 779441bf7..1ec2012b7 100644
--- a/thrifty-runtime/build.gradle
+++ b/thrifty-runtime/build.gradle
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ abstract class IosTestTask extends DefaultTask {
 }
 
 tasks.register("iosTest", IosTestTask) {
-    dependsOn 'compileTestThrift'
     dependsOn 'linkDebugTestIosX64'
 
     group = JavaBasePlugin.VERIFICATION_GROUP
diff --git a/thrifty-runtime/src/iosTest/kotlin/com/microsoft/thrifty/transport/NwSocketTest.kt b/thrifty-runtime/src/iosTest/kotlin/com/microsoft/thrifty/transport/NwSocketTest.kt
index ef35053f1..a130fc659 100644
--- a/thrifty-runtime/src/iosTest/kotlin/com/microsoft/thrifty/transport/NwSocketTest.kt
+++ b/thrifty-runtime/src/iosTest/kotlin/com/microsoft/thrifty/transport/NwSocketTest.kt
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class NwSocketTest {
         dispatch_async(clientQueue) {
             try {
                 val port = nw_listener_get_port(serverListener)
-                SocketTransport.Builder("127.0.0.1", port.toInt()).readTimeout(100).build()
+                SocketTransport.Builder("127.0.0.1", port.toInt()).readTimeout(5000).build()
                     .use { transport ->
                         transport.connect()
                         val protocol = BinaryProtocol(transport)