diff --git a/tests/integration/task_tests.rs b/tests/integration/task_tests.rs
index 895e643a05..d198a3be6f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/task_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/task_tests.rs
@@ -31,17 +31,6 @@
 //   http_server: true,
 // });
 
-// TODO(2.0): not entirely clear what's wrong with this test
-// itest!(task_both_package_json_selected {
-//   args: "task bin asdf",
-//   cwd: Some("task/both/"),
-//   output: "task/both/package_json_selected.out",
-//   copy_temp_dir: Some("task/both/"),
-//   envs: env_vars_for_npm_tests(),
-//   exit_code: 0,
-//   http_server: true,
-// });
-
 // TODO(2.0): not entirely clear what's wrong with this test but it hangs for more than 60s
 // itest!(task_npx_on_own {
 //   args: "task on-own",
diff --git a/tests/specs/task/both_package_json_selected/__test__.jsonc b/tests/specs/task/both_package_json_selected/__test__.jsonc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..acdb7892d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/task/both_package_json_selected/__test__.jsonc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "tempDir": true,
+  "steps": [
+    {
+      "args": "install",
+      "output": "install.out"
+    },
+    { "args": "task bin asdf", "output": "package_json_selected.out" }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/tests/testdata/task/both/deno.json b/tests/specs/task/both_package_json_selected/deno.json
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/testdata/task/both/deno.json
rename to tests/specs/task/both_package_json_selected/deno.json
diff --git a/tests/testdata/task/both/package_json_selected.out b/tests/specs/task/both_package_json_selected/install.out
similarity index 67%
rename from tests/testdata/task/both/package_json_selected.out
rename to tests/specs/task/both_package_json_selected/install.out
index c72baeb640..645501a3d9 100644
--- a/tests/testdata/task/both/package_json_selected.out
+++ b/tests/specs/task/both_package_json_selected/install.out
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
 Download http://localhost:4260/@denotest/bin
 Download http://localhost:4260/@denotest/bin/1.0.0.tgz
 Initialize @denotest/bin@1.0.0
-Task bin cli-esm testing this out "asdf"
-testing
-this
-out
-asdf
diff --git a/tests/testdata/task/both/package.json b/tests/specs/task/both_package_json_selected/package.json
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/testdata/task/both/package.json
rename to tests/specs/task/both_package_json_selected/package.json
diff --git a/tests/specs/task/both_package_json_selected/package_json_selected.out b/tests/specs/task/both_package_json_selected/package_json_selected.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c42a2efb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/task/both_package_json_selected/package_json_selected.out
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Task bin cli-esm testing this out "asdf"
+testing
+this
+out
+asdf
diff --git a/tools/lint.js b/tools/lint.js
index 496e83fc49..6cb27f8dc9 100755
--- a/tools/lint.js
+++ b/tools/lint.js
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ async function ensureNoNewITests() {
     "repl_tests.rs": 0,
     "run_tests.rs": 331,
     "shared_library_tests.rs": 0,
-    "task_tests.rs": 4,
+    "task_tests.rs": 3,
     "test_tests.rs": 0,
     "upgrade_tests.rs": 0,
     "vendor_tests.rs": 1,