diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/src/__tests__/deploy.test.ts b/packages/create-cloudflare/src/__tests__/deploy.test.ts
index e94c1c0446f7..3b62dc0dc811 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/src/__tests__/deploy.test.ts
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/src/__tests__/deploy.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { crash } from "@cloudflare/cli";
 import { mockPackageManager, mockSpinner } from "helpers/__tests__/mocks";
 import { processArgument } from "helpers/args";
 import { runCommand } from "helpers/command";
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ vi.mock("../wrangler/accounts");
 vi.mock("helpers/args");
 vi.mock("@cloudflare/cli/interactive");
 vi.mock("which-pm-runs");
-vi.mock("@cloudflare/cli");
 vi.mock("helpers/files");
 
 const mockInsideGitRepo = (isInside = true) => {
@@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ describe("deploy helpers", async () => {
 			vi.mocked(runCommand).mockResolvedValueOnce(deployedUrl);
 
 			await runDeploy(ctx);
-			expect(crash).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 			expect(runCommand).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
 				["npm", "run", "deploy", "--", "--commit-message", `"${commitMsg}"`],
 				expect.any(Object),
@@ -106,8 +103,9 @@ describe("deploy helpers", async () => {
 		test("no account in ctx", async () => {
 			const ctx = createTestContext();
 			ctx.account = undefined;
-			await runDeploy(ctx);
-			expect(crash).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Failed to read Cloudflare account.");
+			await expect(() => runDeploy(ctx)).rejects.toThrow(
+				"Failed to read Cloudflare account.",
+			);
 		});
 
 		test("Failed deployment", async () => {
@@ -118,8 +116,9 @@ describe("deploy helpers", async () => {
 			mockInsideGitRepo(false);
 			vi.mocked(runCommand).mockResolvedValueOnce("");
 
-			await runDeploy(ctx);
-			expect(crash).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Failed to find deployment url.");
+			await expect(() => runDeploy(ctx)).rejects.toThrow(
+				"Failed to find deployment url.",
+			);
 		});
 	});
 });
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/src/__tests__/templates.test.ts b/packages/create-cloudflare/src/__tests__/templates.test.ts
index ca7a0a56d092..1aa03f57d223 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/src/__tests__/templates.test.ts
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/src/__tests__/templates.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { existsSync, statSync } from "fs";
-import { crash } from "@cloudflare/cli";
 import { spinner } from "@cloudflare/cli/interactive";
 import degit from "degit";
 import { mockSpinner } from "helpers/__tests__/mocks";
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ import type { C3Args, C3Context } from "types";
 vi.mock("degit");
 vi.mock("fs");
 vi.mock("helpers/files");
-vi.mock("@cloudflare/cli");
 vi.mock("@cloudflare/cli/interactive");
 
 beforeEach(() => {
@@ -305,22 +303,17 @@ describe("deriveCorrelatedArgs", () => {
 	});
 
 	test("should crash if both the lang and ts arguments are specified", () => {
-		let args: Partial<C3Args> = {
-			lang: "ts",
-		};
-
-		deriveCorrelatedArgs(args);
-
-		expect(args.lang).toBe("ts");
-		expect(crash).not.toBeCalled();
-
-		args = {
-			ts: true,
-			lang: "ts",
-		};
-		deriveCorrelatedArgs(args);
-
-		expect(crash).toBeCalledWith(
+		expect(() =>
+			deriveCorrelatedArgs({
+				lang: "ts",
+			}),
+		).not.toThrow();
+		expect(() =>
+			deriveCorrelatedArgs({
+				ts: true,
+				lang: "ts",
+			}),
+		).toThrow(
 			"The `--ts` argument cannot be specified in conjunction with the `--lang` argument",
 		);
 	});