diff --git a/lib/internal/main/test_runner.js b/lib/internal/main/test_runner.js
index 9785a74cd1a665..cc853da7388821 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/test_runner.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/test_runner.js
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/process/pre_execution');
 const { isUsingInspector } = require('internal/util/inspector');
 const { run } = require('internal/test_runner/runner');
-const {
-  parseCommandLine,
-  setupTestReporters,
-} = require('internal/test_runner/utils');
+const { parseCommandLine } = require('internal/test_runner/utils');
 const { exitCodes: { kGenericUserError } } = internalBinding('errors');
 let debug = require('internal/util/debuglog').debuglog('test_runner', (fn) => {
   debug = fn;
@@ -31,7 +28,6 @@ if (isUsingInspector()) {
   options.inspectPort = process.debugPort;
 }
 
-options.setup = setupTestReporters;
 options.globPatterns = ArrayPrototypeSlice(process.argv, 1);
 
 debug('test runner configuration:', options);
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/harness.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/harness.js
index 9f78319bef5727..9c372c115e90f2 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/harness.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/harness.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ const { kCancelledByParent, Test, Suite } = require('internal/test_runner/test')
 const {
   parseCommandLine,
   reporterScope,
-  setupTestReporters,
   shouldColorizeTestFiles,
 } = require('internal/test_runner/utils');
 const { queueMicrotask } = require('internal/process/task_queues');
@@ -231,13 +230,14 @@ function lazyBootstrapRoot() {
       __proto__: null,
       entryFile: process.argv?.[1],
     };
-    createTestTree(rootTestOptions, parseCommandLine());
+    const globalOptions = parseCommandLine();
+    createTestTree(rootTestOptions, globalOptions);
     globalRoot.reporter.on('test:fail', (data) => {
       if (data.todo === undefined || data.todo === false) {
         process.exitCode = kGenericUserError;
       }
     });
-    globalRoot.harness.bootstrapPromise = setupTestReporters(globalRoot.reporter);
+    globalRoot.harness.bootstrapPromise = globalOptions.setup(globalRoot.reporter);
   }
   return globalRoot;
 }
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
index 59263bfada2b12..e994b1aa40ecab 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ function run(options = kEmptyObject) {
     // parseCommandLine() should not be used here. However, The existing run()
     // behavior has relied on it, so removing it must be done in a semver major.
     ...parseCommandLine(),
+    setup,  // This line can be removed when parseCommandLine() is removed here.
   };
   const root = createTestTree(rootTestOptions, globalOptions);
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/utils.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/utils.js
index bbd69aa4211415..e6c421ff870bbd 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/utils.js
@@ -176,15 +176,6 @@ async function getReportersMap(reporters, destinations) {
 }
 
 const reporterScope = new AsyncResource('TestReporterScope');
-const setupTestReporters = reporterScope.bind(async (rootReporter) => {
-  const { reporters, destinations } = parseCommandLine();
-  const reportersMap = await getReportersMap(reporters, destinations);
-  for (let i = 0; i < reportersMap.length; i++) {
-    const { reporter, destination } = reportersMap[i];
-    compose(rootReporter, reporter).pipe(destination);
-  }
-});
-
 let globalTestOptions;
 
 function parseCommandLine() {
@@ -281,6 +272,15 @@ function parseCommandLine() {
     coverageIncludeGlobs = getOptionValue('--test-coverage-include');
   }
 
+  const setup = reporterScope.bind(async (rootReporter) => {
+    const reportersMap = await getReportersMap(reporters, destinations);
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < reportersMap.length; i++) {
+      const { reporter, destination } = reportersMap[i];
+      compose(rootReporter, reporter).pipe(destination);
+    }
+  });
+
   globalTestOptions = {
     __proto__: null,
     isTestRunner,
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ function parseCommandLine() {
     forceExit,
     only,
     reporters,
+    setup,
     shard,
     sourceMaps,
     testNamePatterns,
@@ -480,7 +481,6 @@ module.exports = {
   kDefaultPattern,
   parseCommandLine,
   reporterScope,
-  setupTestReporters,
   shouldColorizeTestFiles,
   getCoverageReport,
 };