diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/runner/reporters.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/runner/reporters.ts
index b33575090d..578a98cbc1 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/runner/reporters.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/runner/reporters.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import type { BuiltInReporter, FullConfigInternal } from '../common/config';
 import { loadReporter } from './loadUtils';
 import { BlobReporter } from '../reporters/blob';
 
-export async function createReporter(config: FullConfigInternal, mode: 'list' | 'watch' | 'run' | 'ui', additionalReporters: Reporter[] = []): Promise<Multiplexer> {
+export async function createReporter(config: FullConfigInternal, mode: 'list' | 'run' | 'ui', additionalReporters: Reporter[] = []): Promise<Multiplexer> {
   const defaultReporters: {[key in BuiltInReporter]: new(arg: any) => Reporter} = {
     dot: mode === 'list' ? ListModeReporter : DotReporter,
     line: mode === 'list' ? ListModeReporter : LineReporter,
@@ -44,25 +44,21 @@ export async function createReporter(config: FullConfigInternal, mode: 'list' |
     blob: BlobReporter,
   };
   const reporters: Reporter[] = [];
-  if (mode === 'watch') {
-    reporters.push(new ListReporter());
-  } else {
-    for (const r of config.config.reporter) {
-      const [name, arg] = r;
-      const options = { ...arg, configDir: config.configDir };
-      if (name in defaultReporters) {
-        reporters.push(new defaultReporters[name as keyof typeof defaultReporters](options));
-      } else {
-        const reporterConstructor = await loadReporter(config, name);
-        reporters.push(new reporterConstructor(options));
-      }
-    }
-    reporters.push(...additionalReporters);
-    if (process.env.PW_TEST_REPORTER) {
-      const reporterConstructor = await loadReporter(config, process.env.PW_TEST_REPORTER);
-      reporters.push(new reporterConstructor());
+  for (const r of config.config.reporter) {
+    const [name, arg] = r;
+    const options = { ...arg, configDir: config.configDir };
+    if (name in defaultReporters) {
+      reporters.push(new defaultReporters[name as keyof typeof defaultReporters](options));
+    } else {
+      const reporterConstructor = await loadReporter(config, name);
+      reporters.push(new reporterConstructor(options));
     }
   }
+  reporters.push(...additionalReporters);
+  if (process.env.PW_TEST_REPORTER) {
+    const reporterConstructor = await loadReporter(config, process.env.PW_TEST_REPORTER);
+    reporters.push(new reporterConstructor());
+  }
 
   const someReporterPrintsToStdio = reporters.some(r => {
     const prints = r.printsToStdio ? r.printsToStdio() : true;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/runner/watchMode.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/runner/watchMode.ts
index 830f47a35b..fe595de7d5 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/runner/watchMode.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/runner/watchMode.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import { clearCompilationCache, collectAffectedTestFiles } from '../common/compi
 import type { FullResult } from 'packages/playwright-test/reporter';
 import { chokidar } from '../utilsBundle';
 import type { FSWatcher as CFSWatcher } from 'chokidar';
-import { createReporter } from './reporters';
 import { colors } from 'playwright-core/lib/utilsBundle';
 import { enquirer } from '../utilsBundle';
 import { separator } from '../reporters/base';
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ export async function runWatchModeLoop(config: FullConfigInternal): Promise<Full
     p.project.retries = 0;
 
   // Perform global setup.
-  const reporter = await createReporter(config, 'watch');
+  const reporter = new Multiplexer([new ListReporter()]);
   const testRun = new TestRun(config, reporter);
   const taskRunner = createTaskRunnerForWatchSetup(config, reporter);
   reporter.onConfigure(config);