diff --git a/dev/bots/suite_runners/run_realm_checker_tests.dart b/dev/bots/suite_runners/run_realm_checker_tests.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..398054fdd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/bots/suite_runners/run_realm_checker_tests.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'dart:io' show File;
+
+import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
+
+import '../utils.dart';
+
+Future<void> realmCheckerTestRunner(String flutterRoot) async {
+  final String engineRealmFile = path.join(flutterRoot, 'bin', 'internal', 'engine.realm');
+
+  final String engineRealm = File(engineRealmFile).readAsStringSync().trim();
+  if (engineRealm.isNotEmpty) {
+    foundError(<String>['The checked-in engine.realm file must be empty.']);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev/bots/test.dart b/dev/bots/test.dart
index dfd9d0e5c4..772e8e0b64 100644
--- a/dev/bots/test.dart
+++ b/dev/bots/test.dart
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ import 'package:process/process.dart';
 import 'run_command.dart';
 import 'suite_runners/run_add_to_app_life_cycle_tests.dart';
 import 'suite_runners/run_flutter_packages_tests.dart';
+import 'suite_runners/run_realm_checker_tests.dart';
 import 'suite_runners/run_skp_generator_tests.dart';
 import 'suite_runners/run_web_long_running_tests.dart';
 import 'tool_subsharding.dart';
@@ -88,7 +89,6 @@ final String flutter = path.join(flutterRoot, 'bin', 'flutter$bat');
 final String dart = path.join(flutterRoot, 'bin', 'cache', 'dart-sdk', 'bin', 'dart$exe');
 final String pubCache = path.join(flutterRoot, '.pub-cache');
 final String engineVersionFile = path.join(flutterRoot, 'bin', 'internal', 'engine.version');
-final String engineRealmFile = path.join(flutterRoot, 'bin', 'internal', 'engine.realm');
 
 String get platformFolderName {
   if (Platform.isWindows) {
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ Future<void> main(List<String> args) async {
       'web_long_running_tests': () => webLongRunningTestsRunner(flutterRoot),
       'flutter_plugins': () => flutterPackagesRunner(flutterRoot),
       'skp_generator': skpGeneratorTestsRunner,
-      'realm_checker': _runRealmCheckerTest,
+      'realm_checker': () => realmCheckerTestRunner(flutterRoot),
       'customer_testing': _runCustomerTesting,
       'analyze': _runAnalyze,
       'fuchsia_precache': _runFuchsiaPrecache,
@@ -1652,13 +1652,6 @@ Future<bool> hasExpectedEntitlements(
   return passes;
 }
 
-Future<void> _runRealmCheckerTest() async {
-  final String engineRealm = File(engineRealmFile).readAsStringSync().trim();
-  if (engineRealm.isNotEmpty) {
-    foundError(<String>['The checked-in engine.realm file must be empty.']);
-  }
-}
-
 Future<void> runFlutterWebTest(
   String webRenderer,
   String workingDirectory,