diff --git a/test/browser/separate_metadata_later.cpp b/test/browser/separate_metadata_later.c
similarity index 85%
rename from test/browser/separate_metadata_later.cpp
rename to test/browser/separate_metadata_later.c
index 810c4b43748df..90b91cc39994d 100644
--- a/test/browser/separate_metadata_later.cpp
+++ b/test/browser/separate_metadata_later.c
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 #include <emscripten.h>
 
-EMSCRIPTEN_KEEPALIVE extern "C" void finish() {
-  REPORT_RESULT(1);
+EMSCRIPTEN_KEEPALIVE void finish() {
+  emscripten_force_exit(0);
 }
 
 int main() {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ int main() {
       Module["removeRunDependency"] = function(id) {
         real(id);
         if (id === "more.js.metadata") {
-          Module["_finish"]();
+          _finish();
         }
       };
       function loadChildScript(name, then) {
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ int main() {
       loadChildScript("more.js");
     }, 1);
   });
+  emscripten_exit_with_live_runtime();
+  return 99;
 }
-
diff --git a/test/test_browser.py b/test/test_browser.py
index 202342ea0afc6..f52f8af5460e2 100644
--- a/test/test_browser.py
+++ b/test/test_browser.py
@@ -1413,10 +1413,9 @@ def test_fs_lz4fs_package(self):
   def test_separate_metadata_later(self):
     # see issue #6654 - we need to handle separate-metadata both when we run before
     # the main program, and when we are run later
-
     create_file('data.dat', ' ')
     self.run_process([FILE_PACKAGER, 'more.data', '--preload', 'data.dat', '--separate-metadata', '--js-output=more.js'])
-    self.btest(Path('browser/separate_metadata_later.cpp'), '1', cflags=['-sFORCE_FILESYSTEM'])
+    self.btest_exit('separate_metadata_later.c', cflags=['-sFORCE_FILESYSTEM'])
 
   @requires_safari_version(260001, 'TODO: Fails with "Assertion failed: false"') # Fails in Safari 18.5 (20621.2.5.11.8) with Intel x64 CPU only. Passes on Safari 18.5 (20621.2.5.11.8) with ARM M1, Safari 17.6 (17618.3.11.11.7, 17618)/x64 and Safari 26.0.1 (21622.1.22.11.15)/M4
   def test_idbstore(self):