diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBaseTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBaseTest.php
index add76e05fbceeabc0e968966041242a9a8ea9c32..8244069575d931e007cdbaa382045b6b8f4806f2 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBaseTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBaseTest.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Drupal\user\Entity\Role;
 use org\bovigo\vfs\vfsStream;
 use org\bovigo\vfs\visitor\vfsStreamStructureVisitor;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DoesNotPerformAssertions;
 use Psr\Http\Client\ClientExceptionInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -255,6 +256,13 @@ public function testLocalTimeZone(): void {
     $this->assertEquals('Australia/Sydney', date_default_timezone_get());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tests that ::tearDown() does not perform assertions.
+   */
+  #[DoesNotPerformAssertions]
+  public function testTearDown(): void {
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
@@ -266,18 +274,20 @@ protected function tearDown(): void {
     // the tables.
     $connection = Database::getConnection();
     if ($connection->databaseType() === 'sqlite') {
-      $result = $connection->query("SELECT name FROM " . $this->databasePrefix .
+      $tables = $connection->query("SELECT name FROM " . $this->databasePrefix .
         ".sqlite_master WHERE type = :type AND name LIKE :table_name AND name NOT LIKE :pattern", [
           ':type' => 'table',
           ':table_name' => '%',
           ':pattern' => 'sqlite_%',
         ]
       )->fetchAllKeyed(0, 0);
-      $this->assertEmpty($result, 'All test tables have been removed.');
     }
     else {
       $tables = $connection->schema()->findTables($this->databasePrefix . '%');
-      $this->assertEmpty($tables, 'All test tables have been removed.');
+    }
+
+    if (!empty($tables)) {
+      throw new \RuntimeException("Not all test tables were removed");
     }
   }