diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-image/test/ImageAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-image/test/ImageAddon.api.ts
index 0b0a85c1..e97d9799 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-image/test/ImageAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-image/test/ImageAddon.api.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { assert } from 'chai';
-import { openTerminal, launchBrowser } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { openTerminal, launchBrowser, pollFor } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
 import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 import { IImageAddonOptions } from '../src/Types';
 import { FINALIZER, introducer, sixelEncode } from 'sixel';
@@ -179,24 +179,20 @@ describe('ImageAddon', () => {
   });
 
   describe('image lifecycle & eviction', () => {
-    it('delete image once scrolled off', async () => {
-      // note: the waits in between are needed to make sure,
-      // that the state got updated on the remote browser,
-      // otherwise the test might fail in heavy load CI
+    it.only('delete image once scrolled off', async () => {
       await writeToTerminal(SIXEL_SEQ_0);
-      await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50));
-      assert.equal(await getImageStorageLength(), 1);
+      pollFor(page, 'window.imageAddon._storage._images.size', 1);
       // scroll to scrollback + rows - 1
       await page.evaluate(
         scrollback => new Promise(res => (window as any).term.write('\n'.repeat(scrollback), res)),
         (await getScrollbackPlusRows() - 1)
       );
-      await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50));
-      assert.equal(await getImageStorageLength(), 1);
+      // wait here, as we have to make sure, that eviction did not yet occur
+      await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 100));
+      pollFor(page, 'window.imageAddon._storage._images.size', 1);
       // scroll one further should delete the image
       await page.evaluate(() => new Promise(res => (window as any).term.write('\n', res)));
-      await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50));
-      assert.equal(await getImageStorageLength(), 0);
+      pollFor(page, 'window.imageAddon._storage._images.size', 0);
     });
     it('get storageUsage', async () => {
       assert.equal(await page.evaluate('imageAddon.storageUsage'), 0);