diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMServerPartialHydration-test.internal.js b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMServerPartialHydration-test.internal.js
index b8f7ac48a5..9f954f4581 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMServerPartialHydration-test.internal.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMServerPartialHydration-test.internal.js
@@ -2671,32 +2671,4 @@ describe('ReactDOMServerPartialHydration', () => {
     expect(ref.current).toBe(span);
     expect(ref.current.innerHTML).toBe('Hidden child');
   });
-
-  it('should retry on client if something throws', async () => {
-    let isServer = true;
-    function ThrowsOnServerOnly() {
-      if (isServer) {
-        throw new Error('Oops!');
-      }
-      return 'Yay!';
-    }
-
-    function App() {
-      return (
-        <React.Suspense fallback="Loading...">
-          <ThrowsOnServerOnly />
-        </React.Suspense>
-      );
-    }
-
-    const element = document.createElement('div');
-    element.innerHTML = ReactDOMServer.renderToString(<App />);
-    expect(element.textContent).toBe('Loading...');
-
-    isServer = false;
-    await act(async () => {
-      ReactDOM.hydrateRoot(element, <App />);
-    });
-    expect(element.textContent).toBe('Yay!');
-  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMServerSuspense-test.internal.js b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMServerSuspense-test.internal.js
index 54ebc459a9..60ab2edbdc 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMServerSuspense-test.internal.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMServerSuspense-test.internal.js
@@ -115,20 +115,6 @@ describe('ReactDOMServerSuspense', () => {
     expect(getVisibleChildren(c)).toEqual(<div>Fallback</div>);
   });
 
-  it('should render the fallback when an error is thrown', async () => {
-    function Throws() {
-      throw new Error('Oops!');
-    }
-    const c = await serverRender(
-      <div>
-        <React.Suspense fallback={<Text text="Fallback" />}>
-          <Throws />
-        </React.Suspense>
-      </div>,
-    );
-    expect(getVisibleChildren(c)).toEqual(<div>Fallback</div>);
-  });
-
   it('should work with nested suspense components', async () => {
     const c = await serverRender(
       <div>
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/server/ReactPartialRenderer.js b/packages/react-dom/src/server/ReactPartialRenderer.js
index 387db4ca0b..caf1ee2f6f 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/server/ReactPartialRenderer.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/server/ReactPartialRenderer.js
@@ -969,33 +969,22 @@ class ReactDOMServerRenderer {
         try {
           outBuffer += this.render(child, frame.context, frame.domNamespace);
         } catch (err) {
-          if (enableSuspenseServerRenderer) {
-            if (this.suspenseDepth > 0) {
-              // Regardless of whether this is an error or a suspense thenable,
-              // trigger the nearest Suspense boundary. We'll try to render this
-              // tree again on the client.
+          if (err != null && typeof err.then === 'function') {
+            if (enableSuspenseServerRenderer) {
+              invariant(
+                this.suspenseDepth > 0,
+                // TODO: include component name. This is a bit tricky with current factoring.
+                'A React component suspended while rendering, but no fallback UI was specified.\n' +
+                  '\n' +
+                  'Add a <Suspense fallback=...> component higher in the tree to ' +
+                  'provide a loading indicator or placeholder to display.',
+              );
               suspended = true;
             } else {
-              // Missing a Suspense boundary. This is a fatal error.
-              if (err != null && typeof err.then === 'function') {
-                invariant(
-                  false,
-                  // TODO: include component name. This is a bit tricky with current factoring.
-                  'A React component suspended while rendering, but no fallback UI was specified.\n' +
-                    '\n' +
-                    'Add a <Suspense fallback=...> component higher in the tree to ' +
-                    'provide a loading indicator or placeholder to display.',
-                );
-              } else {
-                throw err;
-              }
+              invariant(false, 'ReactDOMServer does not yet support Suspense.');
             }
           } else {
-            if (err != null && typeof err.then === 'function') {
-              invariant(false, 'ReactDOMServer does not yet support Suspense.');
-            } else {
-              throw err;
-            }
+            throw err;
           }
         } finally {
           if (__DEV__) {