diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/top-level-await/supported/input.mjs b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/top-level-await/supported/input.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index d8ddd6c0ad0b..000000000000
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/top-level-await/supported/input.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-await 0;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/top-level-await/supported/options.json b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/top-level-await/supported/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bd09619445b..000000000000
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/top-level-await/supported/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "caller": {
-    "name": "test-fixture",
-    "supportsStaticESM": true,
-    "supportsDynamicImport": true,
-    "supportsTopLevelAwait": true
-  },
-  "presets": ["env"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/top-level-await/supported/output.mjs b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/top-level-await/supported/output.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a5e432fc91c..000000000000
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/top-level-await/supported/output.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-await 0;
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/top-level-await/unsupported/input.mjs b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/top-level-await/unsupported/input.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a5e432fc91c..000000000000
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/top-level-await/unsupported/input.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-await 0;
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/top-level-await/unsupported/options.json b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/top-level-await/unsupported/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 20761c305c91..000000000000
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/top-level-await/unsupported/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "caller": {
-    "name": "test-fixture",
-    "supportsStaticESM": true,
-    "supportsDynamicImport": true,
-    "supportsTopLevelAwait": false
-  },
-  "presets": ["env"],
-  "throws": "Unexpected reserved word 'await'. (1:0)"
-}
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/top-level-await.js b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/top-level-await.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65c222af71e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/top-level-await.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import env from "..";
+import * as babel from "@babel/core";
+
+describe("supportsTopLevelAwait enables the parser plugin for old parser versions", () => {
+  function extractParserOptions(api, { ref }) {
+    return {
+      manipulateOptions(opts, parserOpts) {
+        ref.parserOpts = parserOpts;
+      },
+      visitor: {},
+    };
+  }
+
+  it("supported", () => {
+    const ref = {};
+    babel.transformSync("", {
+      configFile: false,
+      presets: [env],
+      plugins: [[extractParserOptions, { ref }]],
+      caller: {
+        name: "test",
+        supportsTopLevelAwait: true,
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(ref.parserOpts.plugins).toContain("topLevelAwait");
+  });
+
+  it("unsupported", () => {
+    const ref = {};
+    babel.transformSync("", {
+      configFile: false,
+      presets: [env],
+      plugins: [[extractParserOptions, { ref }]],
+      caller: {
+        name: "test",
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(ref.parserOpts.plugins).not.toContain("topLevelAwait");
+  });
+});