diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/metadata-missing-metadata-base/index.test.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/metadata-missing-metadata-base/index.test.ts
index 197c539fbb06..0a1fd30b7222 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/metadata-missing-metadata-base/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/metadata-missing-metadata-base/index.test.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ createNextDescribe(
     files: __dirname,
     skipDeployment: true,
   },
-  ({ next, isNextDev, isNextStart }) => {
+  ({ next, isNextStart }) => {
     if (isNextStart) {
       it('should skip for next start', () => {})
+      return
     }
     it('should fallback to localhost if metadataBase is missing for absolute urls resolving', async () => {
       await next.fetch('/blog')