diff --git a/test/e2e/test/retry.test.ts b/test/e2e/test/retry.test.ts
index 0a829f635..1c0843e01 100644
--- a/test/e2e/test/retry.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/test/retry.test.ts
@@ -399,12 +399,15 @@ describe('failure summary header', () => {
         import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
 
         test('soft', { retry: 1 }, () => {
-          expect.soft(1).toBe(2)
+          for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+            expect.soft(1).toBe(2)
+          }
           expect.soft(2).toBe(3)
         })
       `,
     })
 
+    // the loop repeats the first error within each attempt; it still gets one header
     expect(extractFailureHeaders(stderr)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       " FAIL  basic.test.js > soft (retry 0, 1)
       AssertionError: expected 1 to be 2 // Object.is equality
@@ -412,23 +415,4 @@ describe('failure summary header', () => {
       AssertionError: expected 2 to be 3 // Object.is equality"
     `)
   })
-
-  test('prints one unlabelled header for a test that runs once', async () => {
-    const { stderr } = await runInlineTests({
-      'basic.test.js': `
-        import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
-
-        test('soft in a loop', () => {
-          for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-            expect.soft(1).toBe(2)
-          }
-        })
-      `,
-    })
-
-    expect(extractFailureHeaders(stderr)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      " FAIL  basic.test.js > soft in a loop
-      AssertionError: expected 1 to be 2 // Object.is equality"
-    `)
-  })
 })