diff --git a/test/core/event_engine/thread_pool_test.cc b/test/core/event_engine/thread_pool_test.cc
index f2142854fc1..352972880cb 100644
--- a/test/core/event_engine/thread_pool_test.cc
+++ b/test/core/event_engine/thread_pool_test.cc
@@ -160,33 +160,6 @@ TYPED_TEST(ThreadPoolTest, CanStartLotsOfClosures) {
   ASSERT_EQ(runcount.load(), pow(2, branch_factor + 1) - 1);
 }
 
-TYPED_TEST(ThreadPoolTest, ScalesWhenBackloggedFromSingleThreadLocalQueue) {
-  int pool_thread_count = 8;
-  TypeParam p(pool_thread_count);
-  grpc_core::Notification signal;
-  // Ensures the pool is saturated before signaling closures to continue.
-  std::atomic<int> waiters{0};
-  std::atomic<bool> signaled{false};
-  p.Run([&]() {
-    for (int i = 0; i < pool_thread_count; i++) {
-      p.Run([&]() {
-        waiters.fetch_add(1);
-        while (!signaled.load()) {
-          signal.WaitForNotification();
-        }
-      });
-    }
-    while (waiters.load() != pool_thread_count) {
-      absl::SleepFor(absl::Milliseconds(50));
-    }
-    p.Run([&]() {
-      signaled.store(true);
-      signal.Notify();
-    });
-  });
-  p.Quiesce();
-}
-
 class WorkStealingThreadPoolTest : public ::testing::Test {};
 
 // TODO(hork): This is currently a pathological case for the original thread
@@ -217,6 +190,37 @@ TEST_F(WorkStealingThreadPoolTest, ScalesWhenBackloggedFromGlobalQueue) {
   p.Quiesce();
 }
 
+// TODO(hork): This is currently a pathological case for the original thread
+// pool, it gets wedged in ~3% of runs when new threads fail to start. When that
+// is fixed, or the implementation is deleted, make this a typed test again.
+TEST_F(WorkStealingThreadPoolTest,
+       ScalesWhenBackloggedFromSingleThreadLocalQueue) {
+  int pool_thread_count = 8;
+  WorkStealingThreadPool p(pool_thread_count);
+  grpc_core::Notification signal;
+  // Ensures the pool is saturated before signaling closures to continue.
+  std::atomic<int> waiters{0};
+  std::atomic<bool> signaled{false};
+  p.Run([&]() {
+    for (int i = 0; i < pool_thread_count; i++) {
+      p.Run([&]() {
+        waiters.fetch_add(1);
+        while (!signaled.load()) {
+          signal.WaitForNotification();
+        }
+      });
+    }
+    while (waiters.load() != pool_thread_count) {
+      absl::SleepFor(absl::Milliseconds(50));
+    }
+    p.Run([&]() {
+      signaled.store(true);
+      signal.Notify();
+    });
+  });
+  p.Quiesce();
+}
+
 }  // namespace experimental
 }  // namespace grpc_event_engine