diff --git a/driver/config/config_test.go b/driver/config/config_test.go
index c0567ccf4677..b167b97e9c1b 100644
--- a/driver/config/config_test.go
+++ b/driver/config/config_test.go
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"github.com/ory/x/watcherx"
-
 	"github.com/ory/kratos/internal/testhelpers"
 
 	"github.com/ory/x/configx"
@@ -942,8 +940,7 @@ func TestIdentitySchemaValidation(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NoError(t, tmpFile.Sync())
 	}
 
-	testWatch := func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, i *configFile) (*config.Config, *test.Hook, *os.File, *configFile, chan bool) {
-		c := make(chan bool, 1)
+	testWatch := func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, identity *configFile) (*config.Config, *test.Hook, func([]map[string]string)) {
 		tdir := t.TempDir()
 		assert.NoError(t,
 			os.MkdirAll(tdir, // DO NOT CHANGE THIS: https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/issues/340
@@ -951,23 +948,23 @@ func TestIdentitySchemaValidation(t *testing.T) {
 		configFileName := randx.MustString(8, randx.Alpha)
 		tmpConfig, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(tdir, configFileName+".config.yaml"))
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		t.Cleanup(func() { tmpConfig.Close() })
 
-		marshalAndWrite(t, ctx, tmpConfig, i)
+		marshalAndWrite(t, ctx, tmpConfig, identity)
 
 		l := logrusx.New("kratos-"+tmpConfig.Name(), "test")
 		hook := test.NewLocal(l.Logger)
 
-		conf, err := config.New(ctx, l, os.Stderr,
-			configx.WithConfigFiles(tmpConfig.Name()),
-			configx.AttachWatcher(func(event watcherx.Event, err error) {
-				c <- true
-			}))
+		conf, err := config.New(ctx, l, os.Stderr, configx.WithConfigFiles(tmpConfig.Name()))
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		// clean the hooks since it will throw an event on first boot
 		hook.Reset()
 
-		return conf, hook, tmpConfig, i, c
+		return conf, hook, func(schemas []map[string]string) {
+			identity.Identity.Schemas = schemas
+			marshalAndWrite(t, ctx, tmpConfig, identity)
+		}
 	}
 
 	t.Run("case=skip invalid schema validation", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1023,30 +1020,19 @@ func TestIdentitySchemaValidation(t *testing.T) {
 
 		invalidIdentity := setup(t, "stub/.identity.invalid.json")
 
-		for _, i := range identities {
-			t.Run("test=identity file "+i.identityFileName, func(t *testing.T) {
+		for _, identity := range identities {
+			t.Run("test=identity file "+identity.identityFileName, func(t *testing.T) {
 				ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*30)
+				t.Cleanup(cancel)
 
-				_, hook, tmpConfig, i, c := testWatch(t, ctx, &cobra.Command{}, i)
-				// Change the identity config to an invalid file
-				i.Identity.Schemas = invalidIdentity.Identity.Schemas
-
-				t.Cleanup(func() {
-					cancel()
-					tmpConfig.Close()
-				})
+				_, hook, writeSchema := testWatch(t, ctx, &cobra.Command{}, identity)
 
 				var wg sync.WaitGroup
 				wg.Add(1)
-				go func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, tmpFile *os.File, identity *configFile) {
-					defer wg.Done()
-					marshalAndWrite(t, ctx, tmpConfig, i)
-				}(t, ctx, tmpConfig, i)
-
 				go func() {
-					for range c {
-						// If we don't drain c the sender will block
-					}
+					defer wg.Done()
+					// Change the identity config to an invalid file
+					writeSchema(invalidIdentity.Identity.Schemas)
 				}()
 
 				// There are a bunch of log messages beeing logged. We are looking for a specific one.