diff --git a/tests/components/ct-react-vite/tests/render.spec.tsx b/tests/components/ct-react-vite/tests/render.spec.tsx
index d00a313e9e..b7d0e61b29 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-react-vite/tests/render.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/components/ct-react-vite/tests/render.spec.tsx
@@ -46,3 +46,8 @@ test('render inline component with an error if its nested', async ({ mount }) =>
     <MyInlineComponent value="Max" />
   </DefaultChildren>)).rejects.toThrow('Component "MyInlineComponent" cannot be mounted.');
 });
+
+test('render Fragment shorthand notation', { annotation: { type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/32853' } }, async ({ mount }) => {
+  const component = await mount(<>Learn React</>);
+  await expect(component).toContainText('Learn React');
+});
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/playwright.ct-react.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/playwright.ct-react.spec.ts
index 2ffa6ee63c..ed3fa47caf 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/playwright.ct-react.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/playwright.ct-react.spec.ts
@@ -596,22 +596,3 @@ test('should allow import from shared file', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
 });
-
-
-test('should render fragment at root', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
-  const result = await runInlineTest({
-    'playwright.config.ts': playwrightCtConfigText,
-    'playwright/index.html': `<script type="module" src="./index.ts"></script>`,
-    'playwright/index.ts': ``,
-    'src/component.spec.tsx': `
-      import { test, expect } from '@playwright/experimental-ct-react';
-
-      test('should work', async ({ mount, page }) => {
-        const component = await mount(<>Learn React</>);
-        await expect(component).toContainText('Learn React');
-      });
-    `
-  });
-  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-});
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