diff --git a/packages/flutter_test/lib/src/controller.dart b/packages/flutter_test/lib/src/controller.dart
index 018b70b3806..c816d0a72eb 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_test/lib/src/controller.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_test/lib/src/controller.dart
@@ -1349,9 +1349,6 @@ class LiveWidgetController extends WidgetController {
     assert(records != null);
     assert(records.isNotEmpty);
     return TestAsyncUtils.guard<List<Duration>>(() async {
-      // hitTestHistory is an equivalence of _hitTests in [GestureBinding],
-      // used as state for all pointers which are currently down.
-      final Map<int, HitTestResult> hitTestHistory = <int, HitTestResult>{};
       final List<Duration> handleTimeStampDiff = <Duration>[];
       DateTime? startTime;
       for (final PointerEventRecord record in records) {
@@ -1376,9 +1373,7 @@ class LiveWidgetController extends WidgetController {
           record.events.forEach(binding.handlePointerEvent);
         }
       }
-      // This makes sure that a gesture is completed, with no more pointers
-      // active.
-      assert(hitTestHistory.isEmpty);
+
       return handleTimeStampDiff;
     });
   }
diff --git a/packages/flutter_test/test/live_widget_controller_test.dart b/packages/flutter_test/test/live_widget_controller_test.dart
index e0da50bcca0..261cd3b5df7 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_test/test/live_widget_controller_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_test/test/live_widget_controller_test.dart
@@ -147,7 +147,10 @@ void main() {
     expect(timeDiffs.length, records.length);
     for (final Duration diff in timeDiffs) {
       // Allow some freedom of time delay in real world.
-      assert(diff.inMilliseconds > -1, 'timeDiffs were: $timeDiffs (offending time was ${diff.inMilliseconds}ms)');
+      // TODO(pdblasi-google): The expected wiggle room should be -1, but occassional
+      // results were reaching -6. This assert has been adjusted to reduce flakiness,
+      // but the root cause is still unknown. (https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/109638)
+      assert(diff.inMilliseconds > -7, 'timeDiffs were: $timeDiffs (offending time was ${diff.inMilliseconds}ms)');
     }
 
     const String b = '$kSecondaryMouseButton';