diff --git a/test/app-tap/http_client.test.lua b/test/app-tap/http_client.test.lua
index 413fc3400ae86ad1b154cd485f0a98cd081ba81f..4eee21ebbe9f0dd66dddcfbd3adb18dd0687a0b0 100755
--- a/test/app-tap/http_client.test.lua
+++ b/test/app-tap/http_client.test.lua
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ local function stop_server(test, server)
 end
 
 local function test_http_client(test, url, opts)
-    test:plan(12)
+    test:plan(11)
 
     -- gh-4136: confusing httpc usage error message
     local ok, err = pcall(client.request, client)
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ local function test_http_client(test, url, opts)
     local r = client.request('GET', url, nil, opts)
     test:is(r.status, 200, 'request')
 
+    -- XXX: enable after resolving of gh-4180: httpc: redirects
+    -- are broken with libcurl-7.30 and older
+    --[[
     -- gh-4119: specify whether to follow 'Location' header
     test:test('gh-4119: follow location', function(test)
         test:plan(7)
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ local function test_http_client(test, url, opts)
         test:is(r.body, 'redirecting', 'do not follow location: body')
         test:is(r.headers['location'], '/', 'do not follow location: header')
     end)
+    ]]--
 end
 
 --
diff --git a/test/app-tap/httpd.py b/test/app-tap/httpd.py
index dbfddfdd85aaf6649c87035b270de97b58263506..b4662bc1f064363f4fd2c04772ede40c2188f9ad 100755
--- a/test/app-tap/httpd.py
+++ b/test/app-tap/httpd.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def long_query():
 
 def redirect():
     code = "302 Found"
-    body = "redirecting"
+    body = ["redirecting"]
     headers = [('Location', '/')]
     return code, body, headers