diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/general/wpGetDocumentTitle.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/general/wpGetDocumentTitle.php
index b12990fd5c665..2ee90248622c8 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/general/wpGetDocumentTitle.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/general/wpGetDocumentTitle.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public function test__wp_render_title_tag_with_blog_description() {
 	public function test__wp_render_title_no_theme_support() {
 		$this->go_to( '/' );
 
-		remove_theme_support( 'title-tag' );
+		add_filter( 'current_theme_supports-title-tag', '__return_false' );
 
 		$this->expectOutputString( '' );
 		_wp_render_title_tag();