diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/test-runtime.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/test-runtime.js
index 966849d72..7fa9941ed 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/test-runtime.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/test-runtime.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const BrunoRequest = require('../bruno-request');
 const BrunoResponse = require('../bruno-response');
 const Test = require('../test');
 const TestResults = require('../test-results');
-const { cleanJson, appendAwaitToTestFunc } = require('../utils');
+const { cleanJson } = require('../utils');
 
 // Inbuilt Library Support
 const ajv = require('ajv');
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ class TestRuntime {
       };
     }
 
-    // add 'await' prefix to the test function calls
-    testsFile = appendAwaitToTestFunc(testsFile);
 
     const context = {
       test,
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/utils.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/utils.js
index 3c99c48fb..e15ec09a7 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/utils.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/utils.js
@@ -142,15 +142,10 @@ const cleanJson = (data) => {
   }
 };
 
-const appendAwaitToTestFunc = (str) => {
-  return str.replace(/(?<!\.\s*)(?<!await\s)(test\()/g, 'await $1');
-};
-
 module.exports = {
   evaluateJsExpression,
   evaluateJsTemplateLiteral,
   createResponseParser,
   internalExpressionCache,
-  cleanJson,
-  appendAwaitToTestFunc
+  cleanJson
 };
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/tests/utils.spec.js b/packages/bruno-js/tests/utils.spec.js
index 86b536dea..6ac687f07 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/tests/utils.spec.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/tests/utils.spec.js
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 const { describe, it, expect } = require('@jest/globals');
-const {
-  evaluateJsExpression,
-  internalExpressionCache: cache,
-  createResponseParser,
-  appendAwaitToTestFunc
-} = require('../src/utils');
+const { evaluateJsExpression, internalExpressionCache: cache, createResponseParser } = require('../src/utils');
 
 describe('utils', () => {
   describe('expression evaluation', () => {
@@ -142,70 +137,4 @@ describe('utils', () => {
       expect(value).toBe(20);
     });
   });
-
-  describe('appendAwaitToTestFunc function', () => {
-    it('example 1', () => {
-      const inputTestsString = `
-        test("should return json", function() {
-          const data = res.getBody();
-          expect(res.getBody()).to.eql({
-            "hello": "bruno"
-          });
-        });
-      `;
-      const ouutputTestsString = appendAwaitToTestFunc(inputTestsString);
-      expect(ouutputTestsString).toBe(`
-        await test("should return json", function() {
-          const data = res.getBody();
-          expect(res.getBody()).to.eql({
-            "hello": "bruno"
-          });
-        });
-      `);
-    });
-
-    it('example 2', () => {
-      const inputTestsString = `
-        await test("should return json", function() {
-          const data = res.getBody();
-          expect(res.getBody()).to.eql({
-            "hello": "bruno"
-          });
-        });
-        test("should return json", function() {
-          const data = res.getBody();
-          expect(res.getBody()).to.eql({
-            "hello": "bruno"
-          });
-        });
-        test("should return json", function() {
-          const data = res.getBody();
-          expect(res.getBody()).to.eql({
-            "hello": "bruno"
-          });
-        });
-      `;
-      const ouutputTestsString = appendAwaitToTestFunc(inputTestsString);
-      expect(ouutputTestsString).toBe(`
-        await test("should return json", function() {
-          const data = res.getBody();
-          expect(res.getBody()).to.eql({
-            "hello": "bruno"
-          });
-        });
-        await test("should return json", function() {
-          const data = res.getBody();
-          expect(res.getBody()).to.eql({
-            "hello": "bruno"
-          });
-        });
-        await test("should return json", function() {
-          const data = res.getBody();
-          expect(res.getBody()).to.eql({
-            "hello": "bruno"
-          });
-        });
-      `);
-    });
-  });
 });