diff --git a/ssl/test/bssl_shim.cc b/ssl/test/bssl_shim.cc
index 08482fb..31c0a01 100644
--- a/ssl/test/bssl_shim.cc
+++ b/ssl/test/bssl_shim.cc
@@ -721,7 +721,9 @@
     BIO_push(packeted.get(), bio.release());
     bio = std::move(packeted);
   }
-  if (config->async) {
+  if (config->async && !config->is_quic) {
+    // Note async tests only affect callbacks in QUIC. The IO path does not
+    // behave differently when synchronous or asynchronous our QUIC APIs.
     bssl::UniquePtr<BIO> async_scoped =
         config->is_dtls ? AsyncBioCreateDatagram() : AsyncBioCreate();
     if (!async_scoped) {
@@ -968,6 +970,11 @@
         fprintf(stderr, "-read-with-unfinished-write requires -async.\n");
         return false;
       }
+      if (config->is_quic) {
+        fprintf(stderr,
+                "-read-with-unfinished-write is incompatible with QUIC.\n");
+        return false;
+      }
 
       // Let only one byte of the record through.
       AsyncBioAllowWrite(GetTestState(ssl)->async_bio, 1);
diff --git a/ssl/test/runner/runner.go b/ssl/test/runner/runner.go
index aca229a..f1ec122 100644
--- a/ssl/test/runner/runner.go
+++ b/ssl/test/runner/runner.go
@@ -4574,32 +4574,29 @@
 func addAllStateMachineCoverageTests() {
 	for _, async := range []bool{false, true} {
 		for _, protocol := range []protocol{tls, dtls, quic} {
-			if protocol == quic && async == true {
-				// QUIC doesn't work with async mode.
-				continue
-			}
 			addStateMachineCoverageTests(stateMachineTestConfig{
 				protocol: protocol,
 				async:    async,
 			})
-			// QUIC doesn't work with implicit handshakes.
+			// QUIC doesn't work with the implicit handshake API. Additionally,
+			// splitting or packing handshake records is meaningless in QUIC.
 			if protocol != quic {
 				addStateMachineCoverageTests(stateMachineTestConfig{
 					protocol:          protocol,
 					async:             async,
 					implicitHandshake: true,
 				})
+				addStateMachineCoverageTests(stateMachineTestConfig{
+					protocol:       protocol,
+					async:          async,
+					splitHandshake: true,
+				})
+				addStateMachineCoverageTests(stateMachineTestConfig{
+					protocol:      protocol,
+					async:         async,
+					packHandshake: true,
+				})
 			}
-			addStateMachineCoverageTests(stateMachineTestConfig{
-				protocol:       protocol,
-				async:          async,
-				splitHandshake: true,
-			})
-			addStateMachineCoverageTests(stateMachineTestConfig{
-				protocol:      protocol,
-				async:         async,
-				packHandshake: true,
-			})
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -4768,7 +4765,10 @@
 		// Unfinished writes can only be tested when operations are async. EarlyData
 		// can't be tested as part of an ImplicitHandshake in this case since
 		// otherwise the early data will be sent as normal data.
-		if config.async && !config.implicitHandshake {
+		//
+		// Note application data is external in QUIC, so unfinished writes do not
+		// apply.
+		if config.async && !config.implicitHandshake && config.protocol != quic {
 			tests = append(tests, testCase{
 				testType: clientTest,
 				name:     "TLS13-EarlyData-UnfinishedWrite-Client",