diff --git a/pkgs/test/CHANGELOG.md b/pkgs/test/CHANGELOG.md
index 91df125ea..ce0028854 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkgs/test/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   packages using RegExps.
 * Require a function definition named `main` directly in a test suite and
   provide a more direct error message than a failing compiler output.
+* Suppress skip reason messages in the compact and failures-only reporters.
 
 ## 1.28.0
 
diff --git a/pkgs/test/test/runner/compact_reporter_test.dart b/pkgs/test/test/runner/compact_reporter_test.dart
index 842b65531..d0a646424 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/test/runner/compact_reporter_test.dart
+++ b/pkgs/test/test/runner/compact_reporter_test.dart
@@ -392,7 +392,8 @@ void main() {
           +1 ~2: skip 2
           +1 ~2: success 2
           +2 ~2: success 2
-          +2 ~2: All tests passed!''',
+          +2 ~2: 2 skipped tests.
+          +2 ~2: All other tests passed!''',
       );
     });
 
@@ -431,22 +432,17 @@ void main() {
       );
     });
 
-    test('displays the skip reason if available', () {
+    test('hides skip reasons', () {
       return _expectReport(
         '''
           test('skip 1', () {}, skip: 'some reason');
           test('skip 2', () {}, skip: 'or another');''',
         '''
           +0: loading test.dart
-          +0: skip 1
-            Skip: some reason
-
           +0 ~1: skip 1
-          +0 ~1: skip 2
-            Skip: or another
-
           +0 ~2: skip 2
           +0 ~2: All tests skipped.''',
+        disallowedLines: ['some reason', 'or another'],
       );
     });
 
@@ -573,6 +569,7 @@ Future<void> _expectReport(
   String expected, {
   List<String> args = const [],
   bool chainStackTraces = true,
+  Iterable<String>? disallowedLines,
 }) async {
   await d.file('test.dart', '''
     import 'dart:async';
@@ -622,4 +619,7 @@ $tests
   });
 
   expect(actual, containsAllInOrder(expectedLines));
+  for (final disallowed in disallowedLines ?? const <String>[]) {
+    expect(actual, everyElement(isNot(contains(disallowed))));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/test/test/runner/failures_only_reporter_test.dart b/pkgs/test/test/runner/failures_only_reporter_test.dart
index 2b56af47d..badb817a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/test/runner/failures_only_reporter_test.dart
+++ b/pkgs/test/test/runner/failures_only_reporter_test.dart
@@ -196,17 +196,29 @@ void main() {
   });
 
   group('skip:', () {
-    test('does not emit for skips', () {
+    test('reports when all tests are skipped', () {
       return _expectReport(
         '''
           test('skip 1', () {}, skip: true);
           test('skip 2', () {}, skip: true);
-          test('skip 3', () {}, skip: true);''',
+          test('skip 3', () {}, skip: 'some reason');''',
         '''
           +0 ~3: All tests skipped.''',
       );
     });
 
+    test('reports count of skipped tests', () {
+      return _expectReport(
+        '''
+          test('skip 1', () {});
+          test('skip 2', () {}, skip: true);
+          test('skip 3', () {}, skip: 'some reason');''',
+        '''
+          +1 ~2: 2 skipped tests.
+          +1 ~2: All other tests passed!''',
+      );
+    });
+
     test('runs skipped tests along with successful and failing tests', () {
       return _expectReport(
         '''
diff --git a/pkgs/test_core/CHANGELOG.md b/pkgs/test_core/CHANGELOG.md
index bb358601f..885647d56 100644
--- a/pkgs/test_core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkgs/test_core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   packages using RegExps.
 * Require a function definition named `main` directly in a test suite and
   provide a more direct error message than a failing compiler output.
+* Suppress skip reason messages in the compact and failures-only reporters.
 * Fix default coverage filter when running in a workspace package. Default
   filter now includes all the workspace's package.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/test_core/lib/src/runner/reporter/compact.dart b/pkgs/test_core/lib/src/runner/reporter/compact.dart
index 3095ede2b..40fa1dbb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/test_core/lib/src/runner/reporter/compact.dart
+++ b/pkgs/test_core/lib/src/runner/reporter/compact.dart
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import 'dart:io';
 import 'dart:isolate';
 
 import 'package:test_api/src/backend/live_test.dart'; // ignore: implementation_imports
-import 'package:test_api/src/backend/message.dart'; // ignore: implementation_imports
 import 'package:test_api/src/backend/state.dart'; // ignore: implementation_imports
+import 'package:test_api/src/backend/util/pretty_print.dart'; // ignore: implementation_imports
 
 import '../../util/io.dart';
 import '../../util/pretty_print.dart';
@@ -228,13 +228,11 @@ class CompactReporter implements Reporter {
 
     _subscriptions.add(
       liveTest.onMessage.listen((message) {
+        if (liveTest.test.metadata.skip) return;
         _progressLine(_description(liveTest), truncate: false);
         if (!_printedNewline) _sink.writeln('');
         _printedNewline = true;
-
-        var text = message.text;
-        if (message.type == MessageType.skip) text = '  $_yellow$text$_noColor';
-        _sink.writeln(text);
+        _sink.writeln(message.text);
       }),
     );
 
@@ -345,11 +343,21 @@ class CompactReporter implements Reporter {
       _progressLine('Some tests failed.', color: _red);
       _sink.writeln('');
     } else if (_engine.passed.isEmpty) {
-      _progressLine('All tests skipped.');
+      _progressLine('${_yellow}All tests skipped.$_noColor');
       _sink.writeln('');
-    } else {
+    } else if (_engine.skipped.isEmpty) {
       _progressLine('All tests passed!');
       _sink.writeln('');
+    } else {
+      final skippedCount = _engine.skipped.length;
+      _progressLine(
+        '$_yellow'
+        '$skippedCount skipped ${pluralize('test', skippedCount)}.'
+        '$_noColor',
+      );
+      _sink.writeln('');
+      _progressLine('All other tests passed!');
+      _sink.writeln('');
     }
 
     if (_shouldPrintStackTraceChainingNotice) {
diff --git a/pkgs/test_core/lib/src/runner/reporter/failures_only.dart b/pkgs/test_core/lib/src/runner/reporter/failures_only.dart
index 1549da52b..e5ece6b96 100644
--- a/pkgs/test_core/lib/src/runner/reporter/failures_only.dart
+++ b/pkgs/test_core/lib/src/runner/reporter/failures_only.dart
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:test_api/src/backend/live_test.dart'; // ignore: implementation_imports
-import 'package:test_api/src/backend/message.dart'; // ignore: implementation_imports
 import 'package:test_api/src/backend/state.dart'; // ignore: implementation_imports
+import 'package:test_api/src/backend/util/pretty_print.dart'; // ignore: implementation_imports
 
 import '../../util/pretty_print.dart';
 import '../engine.dart';
@@ -161,11 +161,10 @@ class FailuresOnlyReporter implements Reporter {
 
     _subscriptions.add(
       liveTest.onMessage.listen((message) {
+        if (liveTest.test.metadata.skip) return;
         // TODO - Should this suppress output? Behave like printOnFailure?
         _progressLine(_description(liveTest));
-        var text = message.text;
-        if (message.type == MessageType.skip) text = '  $_yellow$text$_noColor';
-        _sink.writeln(text);
+        _sink.writeln(message.text);
       }),
     );
   }
@@ -219,9 +218,17 @@ class FailuresOnlyReporter implements Reporter {
       }
       _progressLine('Some tests failed.', color: _red);
     } else if (_engine.passed.isEmpty) {
-      _progressLine('All tests skipped.');
-    } else {
+      _progressLine('${_yellow}All tests skipped.$_noColor');
+    } else if (_engine.skipped.isEmpty) {
       _progressLine('All tests passed!');
+    } else {
+      final skippedCount = _engine.skipped.length;
+      _progressLine(
+        '$_yellow'
+        '$skippedCount skipped ${pluralize('test', skippedCount)}.'
+        '$_noColor',
+      );
+      _progressLine('All other tests passed!');
     }
 
     if (_shouldPrintStackTraceChainingNotice) {