diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher.dart b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher.dart
index c7b341e3f..9e46ea190 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher.dart
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ import 'dart:io';
 
 import '../watcher.dart';
 import 'custom_watcher_factory.dart';
-import 'directory_watcher/linux.dart';
-import 'directory_watcher/macos.dart';
-import 'directory_watcher/windows_resubscribable_watcher.dart';
+import 'directory_watcher/linux/linux_directory_watcher.dart';
+import 'directory_watcher/recursive/recursive_directory_watcher.dart';
 
 /// Watches the contents of a directory and emits [WatchEvent]s when something
 /// in the directory has changed.
@@ -52,9 +51,11 @@ abstract class DirectoryWatcher implements Watcher {
       );
       if (customWatcher != null) return customWatcher;
       if (Platform.isLinux) return LinuxDirectoryWatcher(directory);
-      if (Platform.isMacOS) return MacosDirectoryWatcher(directory);
+      if (Platform.isMacOS) {
+        return RecursiveDirectoryWatcher(directory, runInIsolate: false);
+      }
       if (Platform.isWindows) {
-        return WindowsDirectoryWatcher(directory,
+        return RecursiveDirectoryWatcher(directory,
             runInIsolate: runInIsolateOnWindows);
       }
     }
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/linux.dart b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/linux/linux_directory_watcher.dart
similarity index 91%
rename from pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/linux.dart
rename to pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/linux/linux_directory_watcher.dart
index baee22cf0..eb93cc2ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/linux.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/linux/linux_directory_watcher.dart
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 import 'dart:async';
 
-import '../directory_watcher.dart';
-import '../resubscribable.dart';
-import '../watch_event.dart';
-import 'linux/watch_tree_root.dart';
+import '../../directory_watcher.dart';
+import '../../resubscribable.dart';
+import '../../watch_event.dart';
+import 'watch_tree_root.dart';
 
 /// Resubscribable Linux directory watcher that watches using
 /// [_LinuxDirectoryWatcher].
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/directory_list.dart b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/polling/directory_list.dart
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/directory_list.dart
rename to pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/polling/directory_list.dart
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/polling.dart b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/polling/polling_directory_watcher.dart
similarity index 97%
rename from pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/polling.dart
rename to pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/polling/polling_directory_watcher.dart
index 369076166..835a0b585 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/polling.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/polling/polling_directory_watcher.dart
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:io';
 
-import '../async_queue.dart';
-import '../directory_watcher.dart';
-import '../polling.dart';
-import '../resubscribable.dart';
-import '../watch_event.dart';
+import '../../async_queue.dart';
+import '../../directory_watcher.dart';
+import '../../polling.dart';
+import '../../resubscribable.dart';
+import '../../watch_event.dart';
 import 'directory_list.dart';
 
 /// Periodically polls a directory for changes.
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/macos/directory_tree.dart b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/directory_tree.dart
similarity index 99%
rename from pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/macos/directory_tree.dart
rename to pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/directory_tree.dart
index ee7853076..5a8e46091 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/macos/directory_tree.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/directory_tree.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import 'dart:io';
 import '../../paths.dart';
 import '../../testing.dart';
 import '../../watch_event.dart';
-import '../event_tree.dart';
+import 'event_tree.dart';
 
 /// MacOS or Windows directory tree.
 ///
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/event_tree.dart b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/event_tree.dart
similarity index 98%
rename from pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/event_tree.dart
rename to pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/event_tree.dart
index 5ea883a9b..4a8cbee77 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/event_tree.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/event_tree.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-import '../paths.dart';
+import '../../paths.dart';
 
 /// Tree of event paths relative to the watched path.
 ///
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/windows_isolate_directory_watcher.dart b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/isolate_recursive_directory_watcher.dart
similarity index 92%
rename from pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/windows_isolate_directory_watcher.dart
rename to pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/isolate_recursive_directory_watcher.dart
index ab2b5b049..736ea6852 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/windows_isolate_directory_watcher.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/isolate_recursive_directory_watcher.dart
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:isolate';
 
-import '../resubscribable.dart';
-import '../testing.dart';
-import '../watch_event.dart';
-import 'windows.dart';
+import '../../resubscribable.dart';
+import '../../testing.dart';
+import '../../watch_event.dart';
+import 'recursive_directory_watcher.dart';
 
-/// Runs [WindowsManuallyClosedDirectoryWatcher] in an isolate to work around
+/// Runs [ManuallyClosedRecursiveDirectoryWatcher] in an isolate to work around
 /// a platform limitation.
 ///
 /// On Windows, Directory.watch fails if too many events arrive without being
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import 'windows.dart';
 /// Running the watcher in an isolate makes buffer exhaustion much less likely
 /// as there is no unrelated work happening in the isolate that would block
 /// processing of events.
-class WindowsIsolateDirectoryWatcher implements ManuallyClosedWatcher {
+class IsolateRecursiveDirectoryWatcher implements ManuallyClosedWatcher {
   @override
   final String path;
   final ReceivePort _receivePort = ReceivePort();
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class WindowsIsolateDirectoryWatcher implements ManuallyClosedWatcher {
 
   final void Function(LogEntry)? _log;
 
-  WindowsIsolateDirectoryWatcher(this.path)
+  IsolateRecursiveDirectoryWatcher(this.path)
       : _log = logSeparateIsolateForTesting {
     _startIsolate(path, _receivePort.sendPort, log: _log != null);
     _receivePort.listen((event) => _receiveFromIsolate(event as Event));
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void _startIsolate(String path, SendPort sendPort, {required bool log}) async {
 
 class _WatcherIsolate {
   final String path;
-  final WindowsManuallyClosedDirectoryWatcher watcher;
+  final ManuallyClosedRecursiveDirectoryWatcher watcher;
   final SendPort sendPort;
   final bool log;
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class _WatcherIsolate {
   final Completer<void> _closeCompleter = Completer();
 
   _WatcherIsolate(this.path, this.sendPort, {required this.log})
-      : watcher = WindowsManuallyClosedDirectoryWatcher(path) {
+      : watcher = ManuallyClosedRecursiveDirectoryWatcher(path) {
     if (log) {
       logForTesting = (message) => sendPort.send(Event.log(message));
     }
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/macos.dart b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/recursive_directory_watcher.dart
similarity index 50%
rename from pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/macos.dart
rename to pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/recursive_directory_watcher.dart
index 0cfceb2f5..3971f3459 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/macos.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/recursive_directory_watcher.dart
@@ -4,24 +4,34 @@
 
 import 'dart:async';
 
-import '../directory_watcher.dart';
-import '../resubscribable.dart';
-import '../watch_event.dart';
-import 'macos/watched_directory_tree.dart';
-
-/// Resubscribable MacOS directory watcher that watches using
-/// [_MacosDirectoryWatcher].
-class MacosDirectoryWatcher extends ResubscribableWatcher
+import '../../directory_watcher.dart';
+import '../../resubscribable.dart';
+import '../../watch_event.dart';
+import 'isolate_recursive_directory_watcher.dart';
+import 'watched_directory_tree.dart';
+
+/// Directory watcher that watches using [WatchedDirectoryTree].
+///
+/// Optionally, runs the watcher in a new isolate.
+class RecursiveDirectoryWatcher extends ResubscribableWatcher
     implements DirectoryWatcher {
   @override
   String get directory => path;
 
-  MacosDirectoryWatcher(String directory)
-      : super(directory, () => _MacosDirectoryWatcher(directory));
+  /// Watches [directory].
+  ///
+  /// If [runInIsolate], runs the watcher in an isolate to reduce the chance of
+  /// hitting the Windows-specific buffer exhaustion failure.
+  RecursiveDirectoryWatcher(String directory, {required bool runInIsolate})
+      : super(
+            directory,
+            () => runInIsolate
+                ? IsolateRecursiveDirectoryWatcher(directory)
+                : ManuallyClosedRecursiveDirectoryWatcher(directory));
 }
 
-/// Macos directory watcher that watches using [WatchedDirectoryTree].
-class _MacosDirectoryWatcher
+/// Manually closed directory watcher that watches using [WatchedDirectoryTree].
+class ManuallyClosedRecursiveDirectoryWatcher
     implements DirectoryWatcher, ManuallyClosedWatcher {
   @override
   final String path;
@@ -41,7 +51,7 @@ class _MacosDirectoryWatcher
 
   late final WatchedDirectoryTree _watchTree;
 
-  _MacosDirectoryWatcher(this.path) {
+  ManuallyClosedRecursiveDirectoryWatcher(this.path) {
     _watchTree = WatchedDirectoryTree(
         watchedDirectory: path,
         eventsController: _eventsController,
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/macos/native_watch.dart b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/recursive_native_watch.dart
similarity index 98%
rename from pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/macos/native_watch.dart
rename to pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/recursive_native_watch.dart
index d26717193..15fd824fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/macos/native_watch.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/recursive_native_watch.dart
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ import '../../event.dart';
 import '../../event_batching.dart';
 import '../../paths.dart';
 import '../../testing.dart';
-import '../event_tree.dart';
+import 'event_tree.dart';
 
-/// Recursively watches a directory with `Directory.watch` on MacOS or Windows.
+/// Watches a directory with `Directory.watch(recursive: true)` on MacOS or
+/// Windows.
 ///
 /// Handles incorrect closure of the watch due to a delete event from before
 /// the watch started, by re-opening the watch if the directory still exists.
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ import '../event_tree.dart';
 ///
 /// Handles deletion of the watched directory on Windows by watching the parent
 /// directory.
-class NativeWatch {
+class RecursiveNativeWatch {
   final AbsolutePath watchedDirectory;
 
   /// Called when [watchedDirectory] is recreated.
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ class NativeWatch {
   /// Watches [watchedDirectory].
   ///
   /// Pass [watchedDirectoryWasDeleted], [onEvents] and [onError] handlers.
-  NativeWatch({
+  RecursiveNativeWatch({
     required this.watchedDirectory,
     required void Function() watchedDirectoryWasRecreated,
     required void Function() watchedDirectoryWasDeleted,
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/macos/watched_directory_tree.dart b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/watched_directory_tree.dart
similarity index 93%
rename from pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/macos/watched_directory_tree.dart
rename to pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/watched_directory_tree.dart
index c9f3648fe..95d39985e 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/macos/watched_directory_tree.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/recursive/watched_directory_tree.dart
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ import 'dart:async';
 import '../../paths.dart';
 import '../../testing.dart';
 import '../../watch_event.dart';
-import '../event_tree.dart';
 import 'directory_tree.dart';
-import 'native_watch.dart';
+import 'event_tree.dart';
+import 'recursive_native_watch.dart';
 
-/// MacOS or Windows directory watcher using a [DirectoryTree].
+/// Directory watcher using `Directory.watch(recursive: true)` and
+/// [DirectoryTree].
 ///
-/// Various platform-specific issues are worked around.
+/// Recursive watch is available on MacOS and Windows; contains
+/// platform-specific workarounds for both.
 ///
 /// MacOS events from a native watcher can arrive out of order, including in
 /// different batches. For example, a modification of `a/1` followed by a
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ class WatchedDirectoryTree {
   final StreamController<WatchEvent> _eventsController;
   final Completer<void> _readyCompleter;
 
-  late final NativeWatch nativeWatch;
+  late final RecursiveNativeWatch nativeWatch;
   late final DirectoryTree directoryTree;
 
   WatchedDirectoryTree(
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ class WatchedDirectoryTree {
   }
 
   void _watch() async {
-    nativeWatch = NativeWatch(
+    nativeWatch = RecursiveNativeWatch(
       watchedDirectory: watchedDirectory,
       watchedDirectoryWasRecreated: _watchedDirectoryWasRecreated,
       watchedDirectoryWasDeleted: _watchedDirectoryWasDeleted,
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/windows.dart b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/windows.dart
deleted file mode 100644
index 113500a5f..000000000
--- a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/windows.dart
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2025, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
-// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
-// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-import 'dart:async';
-
-import '../directory_watcher.dart';
-import '../resubscribable.dart';
-import '../watch_event.dart';
-import 'macos/watched_directory_tree.dart';
-
-/// Windows directory watcher that watches using [WatchedDirectoryTree].
-class WindowsManuallyClosedDirectoryWatcher
-    implements DirectoryWatcher, ManuallyClosedWatcher {
-  @override
-  final String path;
-  @override
-  String get directory => path;
-
-  @override
-  Stream<WatchEvent> get events => _eventsController.stream;
-  final _eventsController = StreamController<WatchEvent>();
-
-  @override
-  bool get isReady => _readyCompleter.isCompleted;
-
-  @override
-  Future<void> get ready => _readyCompleter.future;
-  final _readyCompleter = Completer<void>();
-
-  late final WatchedDirectoryTree _watchTree;
-
-  WindowsManuallyClosedDirectoryWatcher(this.path) {
-    _watchTree = WatchedDirectoryTree(
-        watchedDirectory: path,
-        eventsController: _eventsController,
-        readyCompleter: _readyCompleter);
-  }
-
-  @override
-  void close() => _watchTree.stopWatching();
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/windows_resubscribable_watcher.dart b/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/windows_resubscribable_watcher.dart
deleted file mode 100644
index bfbd4a55d..000000000
--- a/pkgs/watcher/lib/src/directory_watcher/windows_resubscribable_watcher.dart
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2025, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
-// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
-// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-import '../directory_watcher.dart';
-import '../resubscribable.dart';
-import 'windows.dart';
-import 'windows_isolate_directory_watcher.dart';
-
-class WindowsDirectoryWatcher extends ResubscribableWatcher
-    implements DirectoryWatcher {
-  @override
-  String get directory => path;
-
-  /// Watches [directory].
-  ///
-  /// If [runInIsolate], runs the watcher in an isolate to reduce the chance of
-  /// hitting the Windows-specific buffer exhaustion failure.
-  WindowsDirectoryWatcher(String directory, {bool runInIsolate = true})
-      : super(
-            directory,
-            () => runInIsolate
-                ? WindowsIsolateDirectoryWatcher(directory)
-                : WindowsManuallyClosedDirectoryWatcher(directory));
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/lib/watcher.dart b/pkgs/watcher/lib/watcher.dart
index 12a536961..178c39cf7 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/lib/watcher.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/lib/watcher.dart
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import 'src/watch_event.dart';
 
 export 'src/custom_watcher_factory.dart' show registerCustomWatcher;
 export 'src/directory_watcher.dart';
-export 'src/directory_watcher/polling.dart';
+export 'src/directory_watcher/polling/polling_directory_watcher.dart';
 export 'src/file_watcher.dart';
 export 'src/file_watcher/polling.dart';
 export 'src/watch_event.dart';
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/linux_test.dart b/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/linux_test.dart
index 8c80acc90..a6817a287 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/linux_test.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/linux_test.dart
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 library;
 
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
-import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/linux.dart';
+import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/linux/linux_directory_watcher.dart';
 import 'package:watcher/watcher.dart';
 
 import '../utils.dart';
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/macos_test.dart b/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/macos_test.dart
index c55d8807f..56fba5fb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/macos_test.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/macos_test.dart
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 library;
 
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
-import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/macos.dart';
+import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/recursive/recursive_directory_watcher.dart';
 import 'package:watcher/watcher.dart';
 
 import '../utils.dart';
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ import 'file_tests.dart';
 import 'link_tests.dart';
 
 void main() {
-  watcherFactory = MacosDirectoryWatcher.new;
+  watcherFactory =
+      (directory) => RecursiveDirectoryWatcher(directory, runInIsolate: false);
 
   fileTests(isNative: true);
   linkTests(isNative: true);
   endToEndTests();
 
-  test('DirectoryWatcher creates a MacOSDirectoryWatcher on Mac OS', () {
-    expect(DirectoryWatcher('.'), const TypeMatcher<MacosDirectoryWatcher>());
+  test('DirectoryWatcher creates a RecursiveDirectoryWatcher on Mac OS', () {
+    expect(
+        DirectoryWatcher('.'), const TypeMatcher<RecursiveDirectoryWatcher>());
   });
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/directory_list_test.dart b/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/polling/directory_list_test.dart
similarity index 98%
rename from pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/directory_list_test.dart
rename to pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/polling/directory_list_test.dart
index faaf5d824..9057bfe22 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/directory_list_test.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/polling/directory_list_test.dart
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import 'dart:io';
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 import 'package:test_descriptor/test_descriptor.dart' as d;
-import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/directory_list.dart';
+import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/polling/directory_list.dart';
 
-import '../utils.dart';
+import '../../utils.dart';
 
 void main() {
   group('directory list', () {
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/event_tree_test.dart b/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/recursive/event_tree_test.dart
similarity index 96%
rename from pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/event_tree_test.dart
rename to pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/recursive/event_tree_test.dart
index 48829f606..69c4625ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/event_tree_test.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/recursive/event_tree_test.dart
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import 'dart:io';
 
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
-import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/event_tree.dart';
+import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/recursive/event_tree.dart';
 import 'package:watcher/src/paths.dart';
 
 final separator = Platform.pathSeparator;
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/windows_test.dart b/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/windows_test.dart
index 544850c59..92a592ebb 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/windows_test.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/test/directory_watcher/windows_test.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 library;
 
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
-import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/windows_resubscribable_watcher.dart';
+import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/recursive/recursive_directory_watcher.dart';
 import 'package:watcher/watcher.dart';
 
 import '../utils.dart';
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ import 'file_tests.dart';
 import 'link_tests.dart';
 
 void main() {
-  watcherFactory = WindowsDirectoryWatcher.new;
+  watcherFactory =
+      (directory) => RecursiveDirectoryWatcher(directory, runInIsolate: true);
 
   fileTests(isNative: true);
   linkTests(isNative: true);
   endToEndTests();
 
-  test('DirectoryWatcher creates a WindowsDirectoryWatcher on Windows', () {
-    expect(DirectoryWatcher('.'), const TypeMatcher<WindowsDirectoryWatcher>());
+  test('DirectoryWatcher creates a RecursiveDirectoryWatcher on Windows', () {
+    expect(
+        DirectoryWatcher('.'), const TypeMatcher<RecursiveDirectoryWatcher>());
   });
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/test/no_subscription/linux_test.dart b/pkgs/watcher/test/no_subscription/linux_test.dart
index aac08101b..eaa81d71d 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/test/no_subscription/linux_test.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/test/no_subscription/linux_test.dart
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 library;
 
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
-import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/linux.dart';
+import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/linux/linux_directory_watcher.dart';
 
 import '../utils.dart';
 import 'shared.dart';
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/test/no_subscription/macos_test.dart b/pkgs/watcher/test/no_subscription/macos_test.dart
index 03f729edd..80f3072f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/test/no_subscription/macos_test.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/test/no_subscription/macos_test.dart
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
 library;
 
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
-import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/macos.dart';
+import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/recursive/recursive_directory_watcher.dart';
 
 import '../utils.dart';
 import 'shared.dart';
 
 void main() {
-  watcherFactory = MacosDirectoryWatcher.new;
+  watcherFactory =
+      (directory) => RecursiveDirectoryWatcher(directory, runInIsolate: false);
 
   sharedTests();
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/test/no_subscription/windows_test.dart b/pkgs/watcher/test/no_subscription/windows_test.dart
index 985aa68d1..e7a83ac96 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/test/no_subscription/windows_test.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/test/no_subscription/windows_test.dart
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
 library;
 
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
-import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/windows_resubscribable_watcher.dart';
+import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/recursive/recursive_directory_watcher.dart';
 
 import '../utils.dart';
 import 'shared.dart';
 
 void main() {
-  watcherFactory = WindowsDirectoryWatcher.new;
+  watcherFactory =
+      (directory) => RecursiveDirectoryWatcher(directory, runInIsolate: true);
 
   sharedTests();
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/test/ready/linux_test.dart b/pkgs/watcher/test/ready/linux_test.dart
index aac08101b..eaa81d71d 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/test/ready/linux_test.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/test/ready/linux_test.dart
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 library;
 
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
-import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/linux.dart';
+import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/linux/linux_directory_watcher.dart';
 
 import '../utils.dart';
 import 'shared.dart';
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/test/ready/macos_test.dart b/pkgs/watcher/test/ready/macos_test.dart
index 03f729edd..80f3072f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/test/ready/macos_test.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/test/ready/macos_test.dart
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
 library;
 
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
-import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/macos.dart';
+import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/recursive/recursive_directory_watcher.dart';
 
 import '../utils.dart';
 import 'shared.dart';
 
 void main() {
-  watcherFactory = MacosDirectoryWatcher.new;
+  watcherFactory =
+      (directory) => RecursiveDirectoryWatcher(directory, runInIsolate: false);
 
   sharedTests();
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/watcher/test/ready/windows_test.dart b/pkgs/watcher/test/ready/windows_test.dart
index 985aa68d1..e7a83ac96 100644
--- a/pkgs/watcher/test/ready/windows_test.dart
+++ b/pkgs/watcher/test/ready/windows_test.dart
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
 library;
 
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
-import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/windows_resubscribable_watcher.dart';
+import 'package:watcher/src/directory_watcher/recursive/recursive_directory_watcher.dart';
 
 import '../utils.dart';
 import 'shared.dart';
 
 void main() {
-  watcherFactory = WindowsDirectoryWatcher.new;
+  watcherFactory =
+      (directory) => RecursiveDirectoryWatcher(directory, runInIsolate: true);
 
   sharedTests();
 }