diff --git a/pkg/intl/lib/src/http_request_data_reader.dart b/pkg/intl/lib/src/http_request_data_reader.dart
index 530dce6d255..bd86d6687fb 100644
--- a/pkg/intl/lib/src/http_request_data_reader.dart
+++ b/pkg/intl/lib/src/http_request_data_reader.dart
@@ -19,5 +19,10 @@ class HTTPRequestDataReader implements LocaleDataReader {
   String url;
   HTTPRequestDataReader(this.url);
 
-  Future read(String locale) => HttpRequest.getString('$url$locale.json');
+  Future read(String locale) {
+    // TODO(alanknight): Remove this once it's not necessary for Chrome.
+    // Without it, the tests will be flaky on Chrome. Issue 11834.
+    var someNumber = new DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch;
+    return HttpRequest.getString('$url$locale.json?cacheBlocker=$someNumber');
+  }
 }
diff --git a/pkg/pkg.status b/pkg/pkg.status
index a134ad3e051..134b3da3f8b 100644
--- a/pkg/pkg.status
+++ b/pkg/pkg.status
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ intl/test/date_time_format_http_request_test: Skip # Timeout.
 intl/test/date_time_format_http_request_test: Fail # Issue 8983
 mime/test/mime_multipart_transformer_test: Skip # No typed_data on IE9.
 
-[ $runtime == chrome && $compiler == dart2js ]
-intl/test/date_time_format_http_request_test: Pass, Fail # Issue: 12376
-
 [ $runtime == safari ]
 fixnum/test/int_64_test: Pass, Fail # Bug in JSC.
 crypto/test/hmac_sha1_test: Fail # Issue 11407.