diff --git a/dwds/test/common/chrome_proxy_service_common.dart b/dwds/test/common/chrome_proxy_service_common.dart
index 650e0b883..12aaa24b9 100644
--- a/dwds/test/common/chrome_proxy_service_common.dart
+++ b/dwds/test/common/chrome_proxy_service_common.dart
@@ -2056,7 +2056,12 @@ void runTests({
 
     test('reloadSources', () async {
       final service = context.service;
-      await expectLater(service.reloadSources(''), throwsRPCError);
+      final report = await service.reloadSources('');
+      // TODO(srujzs): This naturally fails regardless of the module format
+      // because we didn't set up prerequisite state (the reload scripts). We
+      // should create new tests for hot reload within DWDS and remove this
+      // test.
+      expect(report.success, false);
     });
 
     test('setIsolatePauseMode', () async {