diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/reporters/base.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/reporters/base.ts
index 78bd453f51..0b9844721d 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/reporters/base.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/reporters/base.ts
@@ -356,10 +356,14 @@ function stepSuffix(step: TestStep | undefined) {
   return stepTitles.map(t => ' › ' + t).join('');
 }
 
-export function formatTestTitle(config: FullConfig, test: TestCase, step?: TestStep): string {
+export function formatTestTitle(config: FullConfig, test: TestCase, step?: TestStep, omitLocation: boolean = false): string {
   // root, project, file, ...describes, test
   const [, projectName, , ...titles] = test.titlePath();
-  const location = `${relativeTestPath(config, test)}:${test.location.line}:${test.location.column}`;
+  let location;
+  if (omitLocation)
+    location = `${relativeTestPath(config, test)}`;
+  else
+    location = `${relativeTestPath(config, test)}:${test.location.line}:${test.location.column}`;
   const projectTitle = projectName ? `[${projectName}] › ` : '';
   return `${projectTitle}${location} › ${titles.join(' › ')}${stepSuffix(step)}`;
 }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/reporters/junit.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/reporters/junit.ts
index 0ed0c1ef3e..90b66b7f19 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/reporters/junit.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/reporters/junit.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class JUnitReporter implements Reporter {
       attributes: {
         // Skip root, project, file
         name: test.titlePath().slice(3).join(' '),
-        classname: formatTestTitle(this.config, test),
+        classname: formatTestTitle(this.config, test, undefined, true),
         time: (test.results.reduce((acc, value) => acc + value.duration, 0)) / 1000
       },
       children: [] as XMLEntry[]
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-junit.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-junit.spec.ts
index c8aa4e1cb3..077f0b31ef 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-junit.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-junit.spec.ts
@@ -212,6 +212,31 @@ test('should report skipped due to sharding', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
 });
 
+test('should not render projects if they dont exist', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'playwright.config.ts': `
+      module.exports = { };
+    `,
+    'a.test.js': `
+      const { test } = pwt;
+      test('one', async ({}) => {
+        expect(1).toBe(1);
+      });
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: 'junit' });
+  const xml = parseXML(result.output);
+  expect(xml['testsuites']['$']['tests']).toBe('1');
+  expect(xml['testsuites']['$']['failures']).toBe('0');
+  expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'].length).toBe(1);
+
+  expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][0]['$']['name']).toBe('a.test.js');
+  expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][0]['$']['tests']).toBe('1');
+  expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][0]['$']['failures']).toBe('0');
+  expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][0]['$']['skipped']).toBe('0');
+  expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][0]['testcase'][0]['$']['name']).toBe('one');
+  expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][0]['testcase'][0]['$']['classname']).toContain('a.test.js › one');
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+});
 
 test('should render projects', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -235,14 +260,14 @@ test('should render projects', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][0]['$']['failures']).toBe('0');
   expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][0]['$']['skipped']).toBe('0');
   expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][0]['testcase'][0]['$']['name']).toBe('one');
-  expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][0]['testcase'][0]['$']['classname']).toContain('[project1] › a.test.js:6:7 › one');
+  expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][0]['testcase'][0]['$']['classname']).toContain('[project1] › a.test.js › one');
 
   expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][1]['$']['name']).toBe('a.test.js');
   expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][1]['$']['tests']).toBe('1');
   expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][1]['$']['failures']).toBe('0');
   expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][1]['$']['skipped']).toBe('0');
   expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][1]['testcase'][0]['$']['name']).toBe('one');
-  expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][1]['testcase'][0]['$']['classname']).toContain('[project2] › a.test.js:6:7 › one');
+  expect(xml['testsuites']['testsuite'][1]['testcase'][0]['$']['classname']).toContain('[project2] › a.test.js › one');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
 });