diff --git a/test/development/acceptance-app/ReactRefreshLogBox.test.ts b/test/development/acceptance-app/ReactRefreshLogBox.test.ts
index c04392e6005d4..47c9157975df6 100644
--- a/test/development/acceptance-app/ReactRefreshLogBox.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/acceptance-app/ReactRefreshLogBox.test.ts
@@ -222,9 +222,8 @@ describe.each(['default', 'turbo'])('ReactRefreshLogBox app %s', () => {
 
     const source = await session.getRedboxSource()
     expect(next.normalizeTestDirContent(source)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-      next.normalizeSnapshot(
-        IS_TURBOPACK
-          ? `
+      IS_TURBOPACK
+        ? `
       "./index.js:7:1
       Parsing ecmascript source code failed
         5 |     div
@@ -234,7 +233,7 @@ describe.each(['default', 'turbo'])('ReactRefreshLogBox app %s', () => {
 
       Unexpected eof"
     `
-          : `
+        : `
         "./index.js
         Error: 
           x Unexpected token. Did you mean \`{'}'}\` or \`}\`?
@@ -261,7 +260,6 @@ describe.each(['default', 'turbo'])('ReactRefreshLogBox app %s', () => {
         ./index.js
         ./app/page.js"
       `
-      )
     )
 
     await cleanup()
diff --git a/test/development/acceptance-app/rsc-build-errors.test.ts b/test/development/acceptance-app/rsc-build-errors.test.ts
index b9998dea84869..c73e4abfc7f16 100644
--- a/test/development/acceptance-app/rsc-build-errors.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/acceptance-app/rsc-build-errors.test.ts
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ describe('Error overlay - RSC build errors', () => {
 
     // TODO: investigate flakey snapshot due to spacing below
     // expect(next.normalizeTestDirContent(await session.getRedboxSource()))
-    //   .toMatchInlineSnapshot(next.normalizeSnapshot(`
+    //   .toMatchInlineSnapshot(n`
     //   "./app/server-with-errors/error-file/error.js
     //   ReactServerComponentsError:
 
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ describe('Error overlay - RSC build errors', () => {
 
     //   Import path:
     //   ./app/server-with-errors/error-file/error.js"
-    // `))
+    // `)
 
     await cleanup()
   })
diff --git a/test/development/acceptance/ReactRefreshLogBox.test.ts b/test/development/acceptance/ReactRefreshLogBox.test.ts
index 50f45aa41fb4b..7ad05af8b7a0e 100644
--- a/test/development/acceptance/ReactRefreshLogBox.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/acceptance/ReactRefreshLogBox.test.ts
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ describe.each(['default', 'turbo'])('ReactRefreshLogBox %s', () => {
     )
 
     expect(await session.hasRedbox()).toBe(true)
-
     const source = next.normalizeTestDirContent(await session.getRedboxSource())
     if (process.env.TURBOPACK) {
       expect(source).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
diff --git a/test/development/acceptance/error-recovery.test.ts b/test/development/acceptance/error-recovery.test.ts
index 899e1dffaf7da..22f991f3cabe6 100644
--- a/test/development/acceptance/error-recovery.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/acceptance/error-recovery.test.ts
@@ -421,10 +421,8 @@ describe.each(['default', 'turbo'])('ReactRefreshLogBox %s', () => {
 
     await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000))
     expect(await session.hasRedbox()).toBe(true)
-    expect(
-      next.normalizeTestDirContent(await session.getRedboxSource())
-    ).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-      next.normalizeSnapshot(`
+    expect(next.normalizeTestDirContent(await session.getRedboxSource()))
+      .toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         "./index.js
         Error: 
           x Expected '}', got '<eof>'
@@ -443,7 +441,6 @@ describe.each(['default', 'turbo'])('ReactRefreshLogBox %s', () => {
         ./index.js
         ./pages/index.js"
       `)
-    )
 
     // Test that runtime error does not take over:
     await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 2000))
@@ -451,7 +448,7 @@ describe.each(['default', 'turbo'])('ReactRefreshLogBox %s', () => {
     expect(
       next.normalizeTestDirContent(await session.getRedboxSource())
     ).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-      next.normalizeSnapshot(`
+      `
         "./index.js
         Error: 
           x Expected '}', got '<eof>'
@@ -469,7 +466,7 @@ describe.each(['default', 'turbo'])('ReactRefreshLogBox %s', () => {
         Import trace for requested module:
         ./index.js
         ./pages/index.js"
-      `)
+      `
     )
 
     await cleanup()
diff --git a/test/development/basic/hmr.test.ts b/test/development/basic/hmr.test.ts
index ec7c20d1a50c4..f99e03d7de42e 100644
--- a/test/development/basic/hmr.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/basic/hmr.test.ts
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ describe.each([[''], ['/docs']])(
           expect(
             next.normalizeTestDirContent(redboxSource)
           ).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-            next.normalizeSnapshot(`
+            `
               "./components/parse-error.js
               Error: 
                 x Expression expected
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ describe.each([[''], ['/docs']])(
                4 | invalid
                5 | js
                  "
-            `)
+            `
           )
 
           await next.patchFile(aboutPage, aboutContent)
@@ -931,10 +931,6 @@ describe.each([[''], ['/docs']])(
               /This is the about page/
             )
           }
-
-          if (!process.env.NEXT_SWC_DEV_BIN) {
-            throw err
-          }
         } finally {
           if (browser) {
             await browser.close()
diff --git a/test/lib/next-modes/base.ts b/test/lib/next-modes/base.ts
index 5d9832d48ca4a..2ffd53e6e83ca 100644
--- a/test/lib/next-modes/base.ts
+++ b/test/lib/next-modes/base.ts
@@ -300,20 +300,6 @@ export class NextInstance {
       new RegExp(escapeStringRegexp(this.testDir), 'g'),
       'TEST_DIR'
     )
-    if (process.env.NEXT_SWC_DEV_BIN) {
-      content = content.replace(/,----/, ',-[1:1]')
-      content = content.replace(/\[\.\/.*?:/, '[')
-    }
-    return content
-  }
-
-  // the dev binary for next-swc is missing file references
-  // so this normalizes to allow snapshots to match
-  public normalizeSnapshot(content) {
-    if (process.env.NEXT_SWC_DEV_BIN) {
-      content = content.replace(/TEST_DIR.*?:/g, '')
-      content = content.replace(/\[\.\/.*?:/, '[')
-    }
     return content
   }