diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/ui-mode-test-watch.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/ui-mode-test-watch.spec.ts
index 7ff716480c..8200ba50d8 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/ui-mode-test-watch.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/ui-mode-test-watch.spec.ts
@@ -347,30 +347,3 @@ test('should queue watches', async ({ runUITest, writeFiles, createLatch }) => {
 
   await expect(page.getByTestId('status-line')).toHaveText('3/3 passed (100%)');
 });
-
-test('should not watch output', async ({ runUITest }) => {
-  const { page } = await runUITest({
-    'a.test.ts': `
-      import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test('passes', ({}, testInfo) => {
-        require('fs').writeFileSync(testInfo.outputPath('output.txt'), 'DATA');
-      });
-    `,
-  });
-
-  await expect.poll(dumpTestTree(page)).toBe(`
-    ▼ ◯ a.test.ts
-        ◯ passes
-  `);
-
-  const commands: string[] = [];
-  await page.exposeBinding('__logForTest', (source, arg) => {
-    commands.push(arg.method);
-  });
-
-  await page.getByTitle('Run all').click();
-
-  await expect(page.getByTestId('status-line')).toHaveText('1/1 passed (100%)');
-  expect(commands).toContain('runTests');
-  expect(commands).not.toContain('listTests');
-});