diff --git a/packages/material-ui-utils/src/elementAcceptingRef.test.tsx b/packages/material-ui-utils/src/elementAcceptingRef.test.tsx
index 10c5a998cb1de0..b5390af22b9cab 100644
--- a/packages/material-ui-utils/src/elementAcceptingRef.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/material-ui-utils/src/elementAcceptingRef.test.tsx
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ describe('elementAcceptingRef', () => {
 
     it('accepts lazy', () => {
       const Component = React.lazy(() =>
-        Promise.resolve({ default: (props: any) => <div {...props} /> }),
+        Promise.resolve({
+          default: React.forwardRef((props, ref) => <div {...props} ref={ref} />),
+        }),
       );
 
-      // should actually fail when mounting since the ref is forwarded to a function component
-      // but since this happens in a promise our consoleErrorMock doesn't catch it properly
       assertPass(<Component />);
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/material-ui-utils/src/elementTypeAcceptingRef.test.tsx b/packages/material-ui-utils/src/elementTypeAcceptingRef.test.tsx
index 38176e3c1af528..b72bf5d3161b30 100644
--- a/packages/material-ui-utils/src/elementTypeAcceptingRef.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/material-ui-utils/src/elementTypeAcceptingRef.test.tsx
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ describe('elementTypeAcceptingRef', () => {
 
     it('accepts lazy', () => {
       const Component = React.lazy(() =>
-        Promise.resolve({ default: (props: any) => <div {...props} /> }),
+        Promise.resolve({
+          default: React.forwardRef((props, ref) => <div ref={ref} {...props} />),
+        }),
       );
 
-      // should actually fail when mounting since the ref is forwarded to a function component
-      // but since this happens in a promise our consoleErrorMock doesn't catch it properly
       assertPass(Component);
     });
 
diff --git a/scripts/react-next.diff b/scripts/react-next.diff
index dcd6b6a7d2cd49..0eaf1684f952fd 100644
--- a/scripts/react-next.diff
+++ b/scripts/react-next.diff
@@ -66,44 +66,6 @@ index 2ab151c6c8..6db6326d77 100644
        [
          `Material-UI: You are using a variant value \`test\` for which you didn't define styles.`,
          `Please create a new variant matcher in your theme for this variant. To learn more about matchers visit https://next.material-ui.com/r/custom-component-variants.`,
-diff --git a/packages/material-ui-utils/src/elementAcceptingRef.test.tsx b/packages/material-ui-utils/src/elementAcceptingRef.test.tsx
-index 10c5a998cb..b5390af22b 100644
---- a/packages/material-ui-utils/src/elementAcceptingRef.test.tsx
-+++ b/packages/material-ui-utils/src/elementAcceptingRef.test.tsx
-@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ describe('elementAcceptingRef', () => {
- 
-     it('accepts lazy', () => {
-       const Component = React.lazy(() =>
--        Promise.resolve({ default: (props: any) => <div {...props} /> }),
-+        Promise.resolve({
-+          default: React.forwardRef((props, ref) => <div {...props} ref={ref} />),
-+        }),
-       );
- 
--      // should actually fail when mounting since the ref is forwarded to a function component
--      // but since this happens in a promise our consoleErrorMock doesn't catch it properly
-       assertPass(<Component />);
-     });
- 
-diff --git a/packages/material-ui-utils/src/elementTypeAcceptingRef.test.tsx b/packages/material-ui-utils/src/elementTypeAcceptingRef.test.tsx
-index 38176e3c1a..b72bf5d316 100644
---- a/packages/material-ui-utils/src/elementTypeAcceptingRef.test.tsx
-+++ b/packages/material-ui-utils/src/elementTypeAcceptingRef.test.tsx
-@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ describe('elementTypeAcceptingRef', () => {
- 
-     it('accepts lazy', () => {
-       const Component = React.lazy(() =>
--        Promise.resolve({ default: (props: any) => <div {...props} /> }),
-+        Promise.resolve({
-+          default: React.forwardRef((props, ref) => <div ref={ref} {...props} />),
-+        }),
-       );
- 
--      // should actually fail when mounting since the ref is forwarded to a function component
--      // but since this happens in a promise our consoleErrorMock doesn't catch it properly
-       assertPass(Component);
-     });
- 
 diff --git a/packages/material-ui/src/Autocomplete/Autocomplete.test.js b/packages/material-ui/src/Autocomplete/Autocomplete.test.js
 index 07345638e7..acfecbdf3e 100644
 --- a/packages/material-ui/src/Autocomplete/Autocomplete.test.js