diff --git a/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/src/Ide/Plugin/Hlint.hs b/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/src/Ide/Plugin/Hlint.hs
index 5a72455eb5..210e9f3910 100644
--- a/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/src/Ide/Plugin/Hlint.hs
+++ b/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/src/Ide/Plugin/Hlint.hs
@@ -64,11 +64,9 @@ import           System.Environment                                 (setEnv,
 #endif
 
 import           Development.IDE.GHC.Compat                         (DynFlags,
-                                                                     WarningFlag (Opt_WarnUnrecognisedPragmas),
                                                                      extensionFlags,
                                                                      ms_hspp_opts,
-                                                                     topDir,
-                                                                     wopt)
+                                                                     topDir)
 import qualified Development.IDE.GHC.Compat.Util                    as EnumSet
 
 #if MIN_GHC_API_VERSION(9,4,0)
@@ -466,19 +464,10 @@ mkSuppressHintTextEdits dynFlags fileContents hint =
     NextPragmaInfo{ nextPragmaLine, lineSplitTextEdits } = getNextPragmaInfo dynFlags (Just fileContents)
     nextPragmaLinePosition = Position (fromIntegral nextPragmaLine) 0
     nextPragmaRange = Range nextPragmaLinePosition nextPragmaLinePosition
-    wnoUnrecognisedPragmasText =
-      if wopt Opt_WarnUnrecognisedPragmas dynFlags
-      then Just "{-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wno-unrecognised-pragmas #-}\n"
-      else Nothing
-    hlintIgnoreText = Just ("{-# HLINT ignore \"" <> hint <> "\" #-}\n")
-    -- we combine the texts into a single text because lsp-test currently
-    -- applies text edits backwards and I want the options pragma to
-    -- appear above the hlint pragma in the tests
-    combinedText = mconcat $ catMaybes [wnoUnrecognisedPragmasText, hlintIgnoreText]
-    combinedTextEdit = LSP.TextEdit nextPragmaRange combinedText
+    textEdit = LSP.TextEdit nextPragmaRange $ "{- HLINT ignore \"" <> hint <> "\" -}\n"
     lineSplitTextEditList = maybe [] (\LineSplitTextEdits{..} -> [lineSplitInsertTextEdit, lineSplitDeleteTextEdit]) lineSplitTextEdits
   in
-    combinedTextEdit : lineSplitTextEditList
+    textEdit : lineSplitTextEditList
 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ignoreHint :: Recorder (WithPriority Log) -> IdeState -> NormalizedFilePath -> VersionedTextDocumentIdentifier -> HintTitle -> IO (Either PluginError WorkspaceEdit)
diff --git a/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/Main.hs b/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/Main.hs
index 4eea2a803a..360a9c0c01 100644
--- a/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/Main.hs
+++ b/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/Main.hs
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ resolveTests :: TestTree
 resolveTests = knownBrokenForGhcVersions [GHC910] "apply-refact doesn't work on 9.10" $ testGroup "hlint resolve tests"
   [
     ignoreHintGoldenResolveTest
-      "Resolve version of: Ignore hint in this module inserts -Wno-unrecognised-pragmas and hlint ignore pragma if warn unrecognized pragmas is off"
-      "UnrecognizedPragmasOff"
-      (Point 3 8)
+      "Resolve version of: Ignore hint in this module inserts hlint ignore pragma"
+      "IgnoreHintAction"
+      (Point 2 8)
       "Eta reduce"
   , applyHintGoldenResolveTest
       "Resolve version of: [#2612] Apply hint works when operator fixities go right-to-left"
@@ -64,14 +64,9 @@ ignoreHintTests :: TestTree
 ignoreHintTests = testGroup "hlint ignore hint tests"
   [
     ignoreHintGoldenTest
-      "Ignore hint in this module inserts -Wno-unrecognised-pragmas and hlint ignore pragma if warn unrecognized pragmas is off"
-      "UnrecognizedPragmasOff"
-      (Point 3 8)
-      "Eta reduce"
-  , ignoreHintGoldenTest
-      "Ignore hint in this module inserts only hlint ignore pragma if warn unrecognized pragmas is on"
-      "UnrecognizedPragmasOn"
-      (Point 3 9)
+      "Ignore hint in this module inserts hlint ignore pragma"
+      "IgnoreHintAction"
+      (Point 2 8)
       "Eta reduce"
   ]
 
diff --git a/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/IgnoreHintAction.expected.hs b/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/IgnoreHintAction.expected.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3ae28995e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/IgnoreHintAction.expected.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{- HLINT ignore "Eta reduce" -}
+module IgnoreHintAction where
+foo x = id x
diff --git a/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/IgnoreHintAction.hs b/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/IgnoreHintAction.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7fb147a40f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/IgnoreHintAction.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+module IgnoreHintAction where
+foo x = id x
diff --git a/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/UnrecognizedPragmasOff.expected.hs b/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/UnrecognizedPragmasOff.expected.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index 31d9aed946..0000000000
--- a/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/UnrecognizedPragmasOff.expected.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wno-unrecognised-pragmas #-}
-{-# HLINT ignore "Eta reduce" #-}
-module UnrecognizedPragmasOff where
-foo x = id x
diff --git a/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/UnrecognizedPragmasOff.hs b/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/UnrecognizedPragmasOff.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index 2611c9a7f7..0000000000
--- a/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/UnrecognizedPragmasOff.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wno-unrecognised-pragmas #-}
-module UnrecognizedPragmasOff where
-foo x = id x
diff --git a/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/UnrecognizedPragmasOn.expected.hs b/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/UnrecognizedPragmasOn.expected.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index 564503ca40..0000000000
--- a/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/UnrecognizedPragmasOn.expected.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wunrecognised-pragmas #-}
-{-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wno-unrecognised-pragmas #-}
-{-# HLINT ignore "Eta reduce" #-}
-module UnrecognizedPragmasOn where
-foo x = id x
diff --git a/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/UnrecognizedPragmasOn.hs b/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/UnrecognizedPragmasOn.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index bac66497ba..0000000000
--- a/plugins/hls-hlint-plugin/test/testdata/UnrecognizedPragmasOn.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wunrecognised-pragmas #-}
-module UnrecognizedPragmasOn where
-foo x = id x