diff --git a/src/__tests__/auto-cleanup-global-env.js b/src/__tests__/auto-cleanup-global-env.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c2831d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/auto-cleanup-global-env.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+beforeEach(jest.restoreAllMocks)
+
+test('Testing Utilities with global access to `afterEach()` will not log warnings', () => {
+  jest.spyOn(console, 'warn')
+  global.afterEach = () => {}
+
+  require('..')
+  expect(console.warn).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+})
+
+test('Testing Utilities lacking a global `afterEach` function will log a warning ONCE', () => {
+  delete global.afterEach
+  const warn = jest.spyOn(console, 'warn')
+
+  require('..')
+  jest.resetModules()
+  require('..')
+
+  expect(warn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  expect(warn.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
+    `The current test runner does not support afterEach/teardown hooks. This means we won't be able to run automatic cleanup and you should be calling cleanup() manually.`,
+  )
+})
diff --git a/src/__tests__/auto-cleanup-vitest-globals.js b/src/__tests__/auto-cleanup-vitest-globals.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d320ea..0000000
--- a/src/__tests__/auto-cleanup-vitest-globals.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// This test verifies that if test is running from vitest with globals - jest will not throw
-test('works', () => {
-  global.afterEach = () => {} // emulate enabled globals
-  process.env.VITEST = 'true'
-
-  expect(() => require('..')).not.toThrow()
-})
diff --git a/src/__tests__/auto-cleanup-vitest.js b/src/__tests__/auto-cleanup-vitest.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ef0a5a1..0000000
--- a/src/__tests__/auto-cleanup-vitest.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-// This test verifies that if test is running from vitest without globals - jest will throw
-test('works', () => {
-  delete global.afterEach // no globals in vitest by default
-  process.env.VITEST = 'true'
-
-  expect(() => require('..')).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
-    You are using vitest without globals, this way we can't run cleanup after each test.
-    See https://testing-library.com/docs/vue-testing-library/setup for details or set the VTL_SKIP_AUTO_CLEANUP variable to 'true'
-  `)
-})
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 99a01b7..3fb1b0c 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@ import {cleanup} from './render'
 // This ensures that tests run in isolation from each other.
 // If you don't like this, set the VTL_SKIP_AUTO_CLEANUP variable to 'true'.
 if (typeof afterEach === 'function' && !process.env.VTL_SKIP_AUTO_CLEANUP) {
-  afterEach(() => {
-    cleanup()
-  })
-} else if (process.env.VITEST === 'true') {
-  throw new Error(
-    "You are using vitest without globals, this way we can't run cleanup after each test.\n" +
-      "See https://testing-library.com/docs/vue-testing-library/setup for details or set the VTL_SKIP_AUTO_CLEANUP variable to 'true'",
+  afterEach(cleanup)
+} else if (!process.env.VTL_AFTEREACH_WARNING_LOGGED) {
+  process.env.VTL_AFTEREACH_WARNING_LOGGED = true
+  console.warn(
+    `The current test runner does not support afterEach/teardown hooks. This means we won't be able to run automatic cleanup and you should be calling cleanup() manually.`,
   )
 }