diff --git a/packages/wdio-utils/src/test-framework/testFnWrapper.ts b/packages/wdio-utils/src/test-framework/testFnWrapper.ts
index 1d407e65eb3..7b63dd06792 100644
--- a/packages/wdio-utils/src/test-framework/testFnWrapper.ts
+++ b/packages/wdio-utils/src/test-framework/testFnWrapper.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ import type {
     JasmineContext
 } from './types'
 
+const STACKTRACE_FILTER = [
+    'node_modules/webdriver/',
+    'node_modules/webdriverio/',
+    'node_modules/@wdio/',
+    '(internal/process/task',
+]
+
 /**
  * wraps test framework spec/hook function with WebdriverIO before/after hooks
  *
@@ -77,6 +84,10 @@ export const testFrameworkFnWrapper = async function (
     try {
         result = await promise
     } catch (err: any) {
+        if (err.stack) {
+            err.stack = filterStackTrace(err.stack)
+        }
+
         error = err
     }
     const duration = Date.now() - testStart
@@ -106,3 +117,15 @@ export const testFrameworkFnWrapper = async function (
     }
     return result
 }
+
+/**
+ * Filter out internal stacktraces. exporting to allow testing of the function
+ * @param   {string} stack Stacktrace
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+export const filterStackTrace = (stack: string): string => {
+    return stack
+        .split('\n')
+        .filter(line => !STACKTRACE_FILTER.some(l => line.includes(l)))
+        .join('\n')
+}
diff --git a/packages/wdio-utils/tests/test-framework/testFnWrapper-async.test.js b/packages/wdio-utils/tests/test-framework/testFnWrapper-async.test.js
index 9aa2c8d6d49..3fa9606472c 100644
--- a/packages/wdio-utils/tests/test-framework/testFnWrapper-async.test.js
+++ b/packages/wdio-utils/tests/test-framework/testFnWrapper-async.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as shim from '../../src/shim'
-import { testFnWrapper } from '../../src/test-framework/testFnWrapper'
+import { testFnWrapper, filterStackTrace } from '../../src/test-framework/testFnWrapper'
 
 jest.mock('../../src/shim', () => ({
     executeHooksWithArgs: jest.fn(),
@@ -91,3 +91,39 @@ describe('testFnWrapper', () => {
         executeHooksWithArgs.mockClear()
     })
 })
+
+describe('filterStackTrace', () => {
+    it('should remove internal webdriverio lines only', () => {
+        const stackTraces = [
+            {
+                fullStack : `
+                    at Context.<anonymous> (/foo/bar/baz/example.e2e.js:27:9)
+                    at Context.executeAsync (/foo/bar/baz/node_modules/@wdio/utils/build/shim.js:331:27)
+                    at Context.testFrameworkFnWrapper (/foo/bar/baz/node_modules/@wdio/utils/build/test-framework/testFnWrapper.js:50:32)
+                    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:95:5)
+                `,
+                filteredStack : `
+                    at Context.<anonymous> (/foo/bar/baz/example.e2e.js:27:9)
+                `
+            },
+            {
+                fullStack : `
+                    at implicitWait (/foo/bar/node_modules/webdriverio/build/utils/implicitWait.js:34:19)
+                    at async Element.elementErrorHandlerCallbackFn (/foo/bar/node_modules/webdriverio/build/middlewares.js:20:29)
+                    at async Element.wrapCommandFn (/foo/bar/node_modules/@wdio/utils/build/shim.js:137:29)
+                    at async Element.wrapCommandFn (/foo/bar/node_modules/some/fake/lib/bar.js:137:29)
+                    at async Context.<anonymous> (/foo/bar/test/specs/example.e2e.ts:8:9)
+                    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:95:5)
+                `,
+                filteredStack : `
+                    at async Element.wrapCommandFn (/foo/bar/node_modules/some/fake/lib/bar.js:137:29)
+                    at async Context.<anonymous> (/foo/bar/test/specs/example.e2e.ts:8:9)
+                `
+            }
+        ]
+
+        for (const { fullStack, filteredStack } of stackTraces) {
+            expect(filteredStack).toBe(filterStackTrace(fullStack))
+        }
+    })
+})