diff --git a/utils/testrunner/Test.js b/utils/testrunner/Test.js
index 90753b1e97..ed975a53c7 100644
--- a/utils/testrunner/Test.js
+++ b/utils/testrunner/Test.js
@@ -28,16 +28,11 @@ function createHook(callback, name) {
 }
 
 class Environment {
-  constructor(name, parentEnvironment = null) {
-    this._parentEnvironment = parentEnvironment;
+  constructor(name) {
     this._name = name;
     this._hooks = [];
   }
 
-  parentEnvironment() {
-    return this._parentEnvironment;
-  }
-
   name() {
     return this._name;
   }
diff --git a/utils/testrunner/TestRunner.js b/utils/testrunner/TestRunner.js
index 2c70b91810..afe8f575ae 100644
--- a/utils/testrunner/TestRunner.js
+++ b/utils/testrunner/TestRunner.js
@@ -185,22 +185,7 @@ class TestWorker {
       return;
     }
 
-    const environmentStack = [];
-    function appendEnvironment(e) {
-      while (e) {
-        if (!e.isEmpty())
-          environmentStack.push(e);
-        e = e.parentEnvironment();
-      }
-    }
-    for (const environment of test._environments.slice().reverse())
-      appendEnvironment(environment);
-    for (let suite = test.suite(); suite; suite = suite.parentSuite()) {
-      for (const environment of suite._environments.slice().reverse())
-        appendEnvironment(environment);
-    }
-    environmentStack.reverse();
-
+    const environmentStack = allTestEnvironments(test);
     let common = 0;
     while (common < environmentStack.length && this._environmentStack[common] === environmentStack[common])
       common++;
@@ -499,4 +484,20 @@ class TestRunner {
   }
 }
 
+function allTestEnvironments(test) {
+  const environmentStack = [];
+  for (const environment of test._environments.slice().reverse()) {
+    if (!environment.isEmpty())
+      environmentStack.push(environment);
+  }
+  for (let suite = test.suite(); suite; suite = suite.parentSuite()) {
+    for (const environment of suite._environments.slice().reverse()) {
+      if (!environment.isEmpty())
+        environmentStack.push(environment);
+    }
+  }
+  environmentStack.reverse();
+  return environmentStack;
+}
+
 module.exports = { TestRunner, TestRun, TestResult, Result };
diff --git a/utils/testrunner/test/testrunner.spec.js b/utils/testrunner/test/testrunner.spec.js
index b8f31af466..8a5926d7c4 100644
--- a/utils/testrunner/test/testrunner.spec.js
+++ b/utils/testrunner/test/testrunner.spec.js
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ module.exports.addTests = function({describe, fdescribe, xdescribe, it, xit, fit
       e.afterAll(() => log.push('env:afterAll'));
       e.beforeEach(() => log.push('env:beforeEach'));
       e.afterEach(() => log.push('env:afterEach'));
-      const e2 = new Environment('env2', e);
+      const e2 = new Environment('env2');
       e2.beforeAll(() => log.push('env2:beforeAll'));
       e2.afterAll(() => log.push('env2:afterAll'));
       t.beforeAll(() => log.push('root:beforeAll'));
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ module.exports.addTests = function({describe, fdescribe, xdescribe, it, xit, fit
         t.afterAll(() => log.push('suite:afterAll'));
       });
       t.it('cuatro', () => log.push('test #4'));
+      t.tests()[t.tests().length - 1].addEnvironment(e);
       t.tests()[t.tests().length - 1].addEnvironment(e2);
       t.describe('no hooks suite', () => {
         t.describe('suite2', () => {
@@ -318,6 +319,7 @@ module.exports.addTests = function({describe, fdescribe, xdescribe, it, xit, fit
           });
         });
       });
+      t.suites()[t.suites().length - 1].addEnvironment(e);
       t.suites()[t.suites().length - 1].addEnvironment(e2);
       t.afterEach(() => log.push('root:afterEach'));
       t.afterAll(() => log.push('root:afterAll1'));