diff --git a/src/cmd/go/script_test.go b/src/cmd/go/script_test.go
index 87b5971aa71..2274335a75a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/script_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/script_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"go/build"
-	"internal/buildcfg"
 	"internal/testenv"
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
@@ -165,7 +164,6 @@ func (ts *testScript) setup() {
 		"GOCACHE=" + testGOCACHE,
 		"GODEBUG=" + os.Getenv("GODEBUG"),
 		"GOEXE=" + cfg.ExeSuffix,
-		"GOEXPERIMENT=" + buildcfg.GOEXPERIMENT(),
 		"GOOS=" + runtime.GOOS,
 		"GOPATH=" + filepath.Join(ts.workdir, "gopath"),
 		"GOPROXY=" + proxyURL,
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/README b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/README
index b4dcb1f5a2e..d7e67bb7b60 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/README
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/README
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ Scripts also have access to these other environment variables:
 	GOARCH=<target GOARCH>
 	GOCACHE=<actual GOCACHE being used outside the test>
 	GOEXE=<executable file suffix: .exe on Windows, empty on other systems>
-	GOEXPERIMENT=<value of objabi.GOEXPERIMENT>
 	GOOS=<target GOOS>
 	GOPATH=$WORK/gopath
 	GOPROXY=<local module proxy serving from cmd/go/testdata/mod>
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_tag_goexperiment.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_tag_goexperiment.txt
index dfda3d2629d..bee218f4c1f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_tag_goexperiment.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_tag_goexperiment.txt
@@ -1,83 +1,20 @@
-# compile_ext will fail if the buildtags that are enabled (or not enabled) for the
-# framepointer and fieldtrack experiments are not consistent with the value of
-# objabi.GOEXPERIMENT.
-
 [short] skip
+# Reset all experiments so fieldtrack is definitely off.
+env GOEXPERIMENT=none
 go run m
-
--- expt_main.go --
-package main
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-func main() {
-  fp()
-  ft()
-}
-
-func hasExpEntry(s string) bool {
-	// script_test.go defines GOEXPERIMENT to be the enabled experiments.
-	g := os.Getenv("GOEXPERIMENT")
-	for _, f := range strings.Split(g, ",") {
-		if f == s {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
--- fp_off.go --
-// +build !goexperiment.framepointer
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-)
-
-func fp() {
-	if hasExpEntry("framepointer") {
-		fmt.Println("in !framepointer build, but objabi.GOEXPERIMENT has 'framepointer'")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-}
-
--- fp_on.go --
-// +build goexperiment.framepointer
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-)
-
-func fp() {
-	if !hasExpEntry("framepointer") {
-		fmt.Println("in framepointer build, but objabi.GOEXPERIMENT does not have 'framepointer', is", os.Getenv("GOEXPERIMENT"))
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-}
+stderr 'fieldtrack off'
+# Turn fieldtrack on.
+env GOEXPERIMENT=none,fieldtrack
+go run m
+stderr 'fieldtrack on'
 
 -- ft_off.go --
 // +build !goexperiment.fieldtrack
 
 package main
 
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-)
-
-func ft() {
-	if hasExpEntry("fieldtrack") {
-		fmt.Println("in !fieldtrack build, but objabi.GOEXPERIMENT has 'fieldtrack'")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
+func main() {
+	println("fieldtrack off")
 }
 
 -- ft_on.go --
@@ -85,16 +22,8 @@ func ft() {
 
 package main
 
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-)
-
-func ft() {
-	if !hasExpEntry("fieldtrack") {
-		fmt.Println("in fieldtrack build, but objabi.GOEXPERIMENT does not have 'fieldtrack', is", os.Getenv("GOEXPERIMENT"))
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
+func main() {
+	println("fieldtrack on")
 }
 
 -- go.mod --