diff --git a/tests/cpp-runtime/hexagon/run_unit_tests.cc b/tests/cpp-runtime/hexagon/run_unit_tests.cc
index e409c441343ec..6ad770da3326b 100644
--- a/tests/cpp-runtime/hexagon/run_unit_tests.cc
+++ b/tests/cpp-runtime/hexagon/run_unit_tests.cc
@@ -108,8 +108,12 @@ TVM_REGISTER_GLOBAL("hexagon.run_unit_tests").set_body([](TVMArgs args, TVMRetVa
   testing::TestEventListeners& listeners = testing::UnitTest::GetInstance()->listeners();
   listeners.Append(gprinter);
 
-  RUN_ALL_TESTS();
-  *rv = gprinter->GetOutput();
+  int gtest_error_code = RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+  std::string gtest_output = gprinter->GetOutput();
+  std::stringstream gtest_error_code_and_output;
+  gtest_error_code_and_output << gtest_error_code << std::endl;
+  gtest_error_code_and_output << gtest_output;
+  *rv = gtest_error_code_and_output.str();
   delete gprinter;
 });
 
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_hexagon_unit_tests.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_hexagon_unit_tests.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e80d80579615..0000000000000
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/test_hexagon_unit_tests.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-
-import pytest
-import numpy as np
-from tvm.contrib.hexagon.build import HexagonLauncher
-from .conftest import requires_hexagon_toolchain
-
-
-@requires_hexagon_toolchain
-def test_hexagon_unit_tests(hexagon_session):
-    # arguments to pass to gtest
-    # e.g.
-    # 1) to run all tests use:
-    # gtest_args = ""
-    # 2) to run all tests with "foo" in their name twice use:
-    # gtest_args = "--gtest_repeat=2 --gtest_filter=*foo*"
-    gtest_args = ""
-    try:
-        func = hexagon_session._rpc.get_function("hexagon.run_unit_tests")
-        result = func(gtest_args)
-        print(result)
-    except:
-        print(
-            "This test requires the USE_HEXAGON_GTEST cmake flag to be specified with a path to a Hexagon gtest version normally located at /path/to/hexagon/sdk/utils/googletest/gtest"
-        )
-        result = "FAILED"
-
-    # check if the unit tests "FAILED"
-    assert result.find("FAILED") == -1