diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/popup_menu.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/popup_menu.dart
index 3b2ecfbde7..2e40407312 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/popup_menu.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/popup_menu.dart
@@ -342,15 +342,11 @@ class PopupMenuItemState<T, W extends PopupMenuItem<T>> extends State<W> {
       },
     );
 
-    return Semantics(
-      enabled: widget.enabled,
-      button: true,
-      child: InkWell(
-        onTap: widget.enabled ? handleTap : null,
-        canRequestFocus: widget.enabled,
-        mouseCursor: effectiveMouseCursor,
-        child: item,
-      ),
+    return InkWell(
+      onTap: widget.enabled ? handleTap : null,
+      canRequestFocus: widget.enabled,
+      mouseCursor: effectiveMouseCursor,
+      child: item,
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/material/popup_menu_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/material/popup_menu_test.dart
index a17845c1cf..db67c1a755 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/material/popup_menu_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/material/popup_menu_test.dart
@@ -765,175 +765,31 @@ void main() {
                         ],
                         children: <TestSemantics>[
                           TestSemantics(
-                            flags: <SemanticsFlag>[
-                              SemanticsFlag.isButton,
-                              SemanticsFlag.hasEnabledState,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isEnabled,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isFocusable,
-                            ],
+                            flags: <SemanticsFlag>[SemanticsFlag.isFocusable],
                             actions: <SemanticsAction>[SemanticsAction.tap],
                             label: '1',
                             textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
                           ),
                           TestSemantics(
-                            flags: <SemanticsFlag>[
-                              SemanticsFlag.isButton,
-                              SemanticsFlag.hasEnabledState,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isEnabled,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isFocusable,
-                            ],
+                            flags: <SemanticsFlag>[SemanticsFlag.isFocusable],
                             actions: <SemanticsAction>[SemanticsAction.tap],
                             label: '2',
                             textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
                           ),
                           TestSemantics(
-                            flags: <SemanticsFlag>[
-                              SemanticsFlag.isButton,
-                              SemanticsFlag.hasEnabledState,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isEnabled,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isFocusable,
-                            ],
+                            flags: <SemanticsFlag>[SemanticsFlag.isFocusable],
                             actions: <SemanticsAction>[SemanticsAction.tap],
                             label: '3',
                             textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
                           ),
                           TestSemantics(
-                            flags: <SemanticsFlag>[
-                              SemanticsFlag.isButton,
-                              SemanticsFlag.hasEnabledState,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isEnabled,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isFocusable,
-                            ],
+                            flags: <SemanticsFlag>[SemanticsFlag.isFocusable],
                             actions: <SemanticsAction>[SemanticsAction.tap],
                             label: '4',
                             textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
                           ),
                           TestSemantics(
-                            flags: <SemanticsFlag>[
-                              SemanticsFlag.isButton,
-                              SemanticsFlag.hasEnabledState,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isEnabled,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isFocusable,
-                            ],
-                            actions: <SemanticsAction>[SemanticsAction.tap],
-                            label: '5',
-                            textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
-                          ),
-                        ],
-                      ),
-                    ],
-                  ),
-                ],
-              ),
-              TestSemantics(),
-            ],
-          ),
-        ],
-      ),
-      ignoreId: true, ignoreTransform: true, ignoreRect: true,
-    ));
-
-    semantics.dispose();
-  });
-
-  testWidgets('disabled PopupMenuItem has correct semantics', (WidgetTester tester) async {
-    // Regression test for https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/45044.
-    final SemanticsTester semantics = SemanticsTester(tester);
-    await tester.pumpWidget(
-      MaterialApp(
-        home: Material(
-          child: PopupMenuButton<int>(
-            itemBuilder: (BuildContext context) {
-              return <PopupMenuItem<int>>[
-                const PopupMenuItem<int>(value: 1, child: Text('1')),
-                const PopupMenuItem<int>(value: 2, enabled: false ,child: Text('2')),
-                const PopupMenuItem<int>(value: 3, child: Text('3')),
-                const PopupMenuItem<int>(value: 4, child: Text('4')),
-                const PopupMenuItem<int>(value: 5, child: Text('5')),
-              ];
-            },
-            child: const SizedBox(
-              height: 100.0,
-              width: 100.0,
-              child: Text('XXX'),
-            ),
-          ),
-        ),
-      ),
-    );
-    await tester.tap(find.text('XXX'));
-    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
-
-    expect(semantics, hasSemantics(
-      TestSemantics.root(
-        children: <TestSemantics>[
-          TestSemantics(
-            textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
-            children: <TestSemantics>[
-              TestSemantics(
-                children: <TestSemantics>[
-                  TestSemantics(
-                    flags: <SemanticsFlag>[
-                      SemanticsFlag.scopesRoute,
-                      SemanticsFlag.namesRoute,
-                    ],
-                    label: 'Popup menu',
-                    textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
-                    children: <TestSemantics>[
-                      TestSemantics(
-                        flags: <SemanticsFlag>[
-                          SemanticsFlag.hasImplicitScrolling,
-                        ],
-                        children: <TestSemantics>[
-                          TestSemantics(
-                            flags: <SemanticsFlag>[
-                              SemanticsFlag.isButton,
-                              SemanticsFlag.hasEnabledState,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isEnabled,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isFocusable,
-                            ],
-                            actions: <SemanticsAction>[SemanticsAction.tap],
-                            label: '1',
-                            textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
-                          ),
-                          TestSemantics(
-                            flags: <SemanticsFlag>[
-                              SemanticsFlag.isButton,
-                              SemanticsFlag.hasEnabledState,
-                            ],
-                            actions: <SemanticsAction>[],
-                            label: '2',
-                            textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
-                          ),
-                          TestSemantics(
-                            flags: <SemanticsFlag>[
-                              SemanticsFlag.isButton,
-                              SemanticsFlag.hasEnabledState,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isEnabled,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isFocusable,
-                            ],
-                            actions: <SemanticsAction>[SemanticsAction.tap],
-                            label: '3',
-                            textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
-                          ),
-                          TestSemantics(
-                            flags: <SemanticsFlag>[
-                              SemanticsFlag.isButton,
-                              SemanticsFlag.hasEnabledState,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isEnabled,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isFocusable,
-                            ],
-                            actions: <SemanticsAction>[SemanticsAction.tap],
-                            label: '4',
-                            textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
-                          ),
-                          TestSemantics(
-                            flags: <SemanticsFlag>[
-                              SemanticsFlag.isButton,
-                              SemanticsFlag.hasEnabledState,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isEnabled,
-                              SemanticsFlag.isFocusable,
-                            ],
+                            flags: <SemanticsFlag>[SemanticsFlag.isFocusable],
                             actions: <SemanticsAction>[SemanticsAction.tap],
                             label: '5',
                             textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,