diff --git a/dev/automated_tests/test_smoke_test/fail_test_on_exception_after_test.dart b/dev/automated_tests/test_smoke_test/fail_test_on_exception_after_test.dart
deleted file mode 100644
index b3b66bd185b..00000000000
--- a/dev/automated_tests/test_smoke_test/fail_test_on_exception_after_test.dart
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2014 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-// found in the LICENSE file.
-
-import 'dart:async';
-
-import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
-
-// This is a test to make sure that an asynchronous exception thrown after a
-// test ended actually causes a test failure.
-// See //flutter/dev/bots/test.dart
-
-void main() {
-  final Completer<void> complete = Completer<void>();
-
-  testWidgets('test smoke test -- this test SHOULD FAIL', (WidgetTester tester) async {
-    tester.runAsync(() async {
-      Timer.run(() {
-        complete.complete();
-        throw StateError('Exception thrown after test completed.');
-      });
-    });
-  });
-
-  tearDown(() async {
-    print('Waiting for asynchronous exception...');
-    await complete.future;
-  });
-}
diff --git a/dev/bots/test.dart b/dev/bots/test.dart
index d43fdbf352c..ada45fcbc01 100644
--- a/dev/bots/test.dart
+++ b/dev/bots/test.dart
@@ -346,26 +346,7 @@ Future<void> _runTestHarnessTests() async {
           : 'Failed to find the stack trace for the pending Timer.\n\n'
             'stdout:\n${result.flattenedStdout}\n\n'
             'stderr:\n${result.flattenedStderr}';
-      },
-    ),
-    () => _runFlutterTest(
-      automatedTests,
-      script: path.join('test_smoke_test', 'fail_test_on_exception_after_test.dart'),
-      expectFailure: true,
-      printOutput: false,
-      outputChecker: (CommandResult result) {
-        const String expectedError = '══╡ EXCEPTION CAUGHT BY FLUTTER TEST FRAMEWORK ╞════════════════════════════════════════════════════\n'
-            'The following StateError was thrown running a test (but after the test had completed):\n'
-            'Bad state: Exception thrown after test completed.';
-        if (result.flattenedStdout!.contains(expectedError)) {
-          return null;
-        }
-        return 'Failed to find expected output on stdout.\n\n'
-          'Expected output:\n$expectedError\n\n'
-          'Actual stdout:\n${result.flattenedStdout}\n\n'
-          'Actual stderr:\n${result.flattenedStderr}';
-      },
-    ),
+    }),
     () => _runFlutterTest(
       automatedTests,
       script: path.join('test_smoke_test', 'crash1_test.dart'),
diff --git a/dev/bots/test/test_test.dart b/dev/bots/test/test_test.dart
index 9994f66d006..7f5ae0c2d08 100644
--- a/dev/bots/test/test_test.dart
+++ b/dev/bots/test/test_test.dart
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ void main() {
         <String, String>{'SHARD': kTestHarnessShardName, 'SUBSHARD': '1_3'},
       );
       expectExitCode(result, 0);
-      expect(result.stdout, contains('Selecting subshard 1 of 3 (tests 1-3 of 9)'));
+      expect(result.stdout, contains('Selecting subshard 1 of 3 (tests 1-3 of 8)'));
 
       result = await runScript(
         <String, String>{'SHARD': kTestHarnessShardName, 'SUBSHARD': '3_3'},
       );
       expectExitCode(result, 0);
-      expect(result.stdout, contains('Selecting subshard 3 of 3 (tests 7-9 of 9)'));
+      expect(result.stdout, contains('Selecting subshard 3 of 3 (tests 7-8 of 8)'));
     });
 
     test('exits with code 1 when SUBSHARD index greater than total', () async {
diff --git a/packages/flutter_test/lib/src/binding.dart b/packages/flutter_test/lib/src/binding.dart
index 999ff5863af..6a0824163e2 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_test/lib/src/binding.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_test/lib/src/binding.dart
@@ -910,14 +910,15 @@ abstract class TestWidgetsFlutterBinding extends BindingBase
         // Ideally, once the test has failed we would stop getting errors from the test.
         // However, if someone tries hard enough they could get in a state where this happens.
         // If we silently dropped these errors on the ground, nobody would ever know. So instead
-        // we raise them and fail the test after it has already completed.
+        // we report them to the console. They don't cause test failures, but hopefully someone
+        // will see them in the logs at some point.
         debugPrint = debugPrintOverride; // just in case the test overrides it -- otherwise we won't see the error!
-        reportTestException(FlutterErrorDetails(
+        FlutterError.dumpErrorToConsole(FlutterErrorDetails(
           exception: exception,
           stack: stack,
           context: ErrorDescription('running a test (but after the test had completed)'),
           library: 'Flutter test framework',
-        ), description);
+        ), forceReport: true);
         return;
       }
       // This is where test failures, e.g. those in expect(), will end up.