diff --git a/src/Framework/TestResult.php b/src/Framework/TestResult.php
index e315b97c985..10c4265100f 100644
--- a/src/Framework/TestResult.php
+++ b/src/Framework/TestResult.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use PHPUnit\Util\Blacklist;
 use PHPUnit\Util\ErrorHandler;
 use PHPUnit\Util\Printer;
+use PHPUnit\Util\Test as TestUtil;
 use SebastianBergmann\CodeCoverage\CodeCoverage;
 use SebastianBergmann\CodeCoverage\CoveredCodeNotExecutedException as OriginalCoveredCodeNotExecutedException;
 use SebastianBergmann\CodeCoverage\Exception as OriginalCodeCoverageException;
@@ -196,25 +197,6 @@ final class TestResult implements Countable
      */
     private $registerMockObjectsFromTestArgumentsRecursively = false;
 
-    public static function isAnyCoverageRequired(TestCase $test): bool
-    {
-        $annotations = $test->getAnnotations();
-
-        // If any methods have covers, coverage must me generated
-        if (isset($annotations['method']['covers'])) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        // If there are no explicit covers, and the test class is
-        // marked as covers nothing, all coverage can be skipped
-        if (isset($annotations['class']['coversNothing'])) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        // Otherwise each test method can generate coverage
-        return true;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @deprecated Use the `TestHook` interfaces instead
      *
@@ -619,7 +601,7 @@ public function run(Test $test): void
                 $this->registerMockObjectsFromTestArgumentsRecursively
             );
 
-            $isAnyCoverageRequired = self::isAnyCoverageRequired($test);
+            $isAnyCoverageRequired = TestUtil::requiresCodeCoverageDataCollection($test);
         }
 
         $error      = false;
diff --git a/src/Util/Test.php b/src/Util/Test.php
index 5697b1c0ce8..8d9a89a1333 100644
--- a/src/Util/Test.php
+++ b/src/Util/Test.php
@@ -158,6 +158,27 @@ public static function getLinesToBeUsed(string $className, string $methodName):
         return self::getLinesToBeCoveredOrUsed($className, $methodName, 'uses');
     }
 
+    public static function requiresCodeCoverageDataCollection(TestCase $test): bool
+    {
+        $annotations = $test->getAnnotations();
+
+        // If there is at least one @covers annotation then
+        // code coverage data needs to be collected
+        if (isset($annotations['method']['covers'])) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        // If there is no @covers annotation but a @coversNothing annotation
+        // then code coverage data does not need to be collected
+        if (isset($annotations['class']['coversNothing'])) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // If there is no @coversNothing annotation then
+        // code coverage data may be collected
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the requirements for a test.
      *
diff --git a/tests/unit/Framework/TestResultTest.php b/tests/unit/Framework/TestResultTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a4f87c9ad9..00000000000
--- a/tests/unit/Framework/TestResultTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<?php declare(strict_types=1);
-/*
- * This file is part of PHPUnit.
- *
- * (c) Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@phpunit.de>
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
- * file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-namespace PHPUnit\Framework;
-
-/**
- * @small
- */
-final class TestResultTest extends TestCase
-{
-    /**
-     * @dataProvider canSkipCoverageProvider
-     */
-    public function testCanSkipCoverage($testCase, $expectedCanSkip): void
-    {
-        require_once TEST_FILES_PATH . $testCase . '.php';
-
-        $test            = new $testCase;
-        $canSkipCoverage = TestResult::isAnyCoverageRequired($test);
-        $this->assertEquals($expectedCanSkip, $canSkipCoverage);
-    }
-
-    public function canSkipCoverageProvider(): array
-    {
-        return [
-            ['CoverageClassTest', true],
-            ['CoverageNothingTest', true],
-            ['CoverageCoversOverridesCoversNothingTest', false],
-        ];
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/unit/Util/TestTest.php b/tests/unit/Util/TestTest.php
index 397c41c3aba..01b2058da94 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Util/TestTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Util/TestTest.php
@@ -1326,6 +1326,28 @@ public function testCoversAnnotationIncludesTraitsUsedByClass(): void
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider canSkipCoverageProvider
+     */
+    public function testCanSkipCoverage($testCase, $expectedCanSkip): void
+    {
+        require_once TEST_FILES_PATH . $testCase . '.php';
+
+        $test            = new $testCase;
+        $canSkipCoverage = Test::requiresCodeCoverageDataCollection($test);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedCanSkip, $canSkipCoverage);
+    }
+
+    public function canSkipCoverageProvider(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            ['CoverageClassTest', true],
+            ['CoverageNothingTest', true],
+            ['CoverageCoversOverridesCoversNothingTest', false],
+        ];
+    }
+
     private function getRequirementsTestClassFile(): string
     {
         if (!$this->fileRequirementsTest) {