diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/web/reactive/server/WebTestClientContextCustomizer.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/web/reactive/server/WebTestClientContextCustomizer.java
index 3d90095d08..7bc6d6aad0 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/web/reactive/server/WebTestClientContextCustomizer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/web/reactive/server/WebTestClientContextCustomizer.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.boot.test.web.reactive.server;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 
+import org.springframework.aot.AotDetector;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
@@ -58,6 +59,9 @@ class WebTestClientContextCustomizer implements ContextCustomizer {
 
 	@Override
 	public void customizeContext(ConfigurableApplicationContext context, MergedContextConfiguration mergedConfig) {
+		if (AotDetector.useGeneratedArtifacts()) {
+			return;
+		}
 		SpringBootTest springBootTest = TestContextAnnotationUtils.findMergedAnnotation(mergedConfig.getTestClass(),
 				SpringBootTest.class);
 		if (springBootTest.webEnvironment().isEmbedded()) {
@@ -109,6 +113,9 @@ class WebTestClientContextCustomizer implements ContextCustomizer {
 
 		@Override
 		public void postProcessBeanDefinitionRegistry(BeanDefinitionRegistry registry) throws BeansException {
+			if (AotDetector.useGeneratedArtifacts()) {
+				return;
+			}
 			if (BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors((ListableBeanFactory) this.beanFactory,
 					WebTestClient.class, false, false).length == 0) {
 				registry.registerBeanDefinition(WebTestClient.class.getName(),
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/web/reactive/server/WebTestClientContextCustomizerTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/web/reactive/server/WebTestClientContextCustomizerTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d14dd54e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/web/reactive/server/WebTestClientContextCustomizerTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2022 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.test.web.reactive.server;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ApplicationContextRunner;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.web.reactive.server.WebTestClientContextCustomizer.WebTestClientRegistrar;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.test.context.MergedContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.WebTestClient;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link WebTestClientContextCustomizer}.
+ *
+ * @author Moritz Halbritter
+ */
+class WebTestClientContextCustomizerTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void whenContextIsNotABeanDefinitionRegistryWebTestClientIsRegistered() {
+		new ApplicationContextRunner(TestApplicationContext::new)
+				.withInitializer(this::applyWebTestClientContextCustomizer)
+				.run((context) -> assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(WebTestClient.class));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void whenUsingAotGeneratedArtifactsWebTestClientIsNotRegistered() {
+		new ApplicationContextRunner().withSystemProperties("spring.aot.enabled:true")
+				.withInitializer(this::applyWebTestClientContextCustomizer).run((context) -> {
+					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(WebTestClientRegistrar.class);
+					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(WebTestClient.class);
+				});
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
+	void applyWebTestClientContextCustomizer(ConfigurableApplicationContext context) {
+		MergedContextConfiguration configuration = mock(MergedContextConfiguration.class);
+		given(configuration.getTestClass()).willReturn((Class) TestClass.class);
+		new WebTestClientContextCustomizer().customizeContext(context, configuration);
+	}
+
+	@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
+	static class TestClass {
+
+	}
+
+	static class TestApplicationContext extends AbstractApplicationContext {
+
+		private final ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+
+		@Override
+		protected void refreshBeanFactory() {
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected void closeBeanFactory() {
+
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public ConfigurableListableBeanFactory getBeanFactory() {
+			return this.beanFactory;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}