diff --git a/changelog/@unreleased/pr-1210.v2.yml b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-1210.v2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05ee02c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-1210.v2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+type: fix
+fix:
+  description: Turn off UnnecessaryLambda in tests where it doesn't provide value
+    because there is a ubiquitous use case that is painful to fix.
+  links:
+  - https://github.com/palantir/gradle-baseline/pull/1210
diff --git a/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/plugins/BaselineErrorProne.java b/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/plugins/BaselineErrorProne.java
index 56e49df4c..ae11c6752 100644
--- a/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/plugins/BaselineErrorProne.java
+++ b/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/plugins/BaselineErrorProne.java
@@ -156,6 +156,17 @@ private static void applyToJavaProject(Project project) {
                             }));
         });
 
+        project.getTasks().withType(JavaCompile.class).configureEach(javaCompile -> {
+            ((ExtensionAware) javaCompile.getOptions())
+                    .getExtensions()
+                    .configure(ErrorProneOptions.class, errorProneOptions -> {
+                        // Relax some checks for test code
+                        if (errorProneOptions.isCompilingTestOnlyCode()) {
+                            errorProneOptions.check("UnnecessaryLambda", CheckSeverity.OFF);
+                        }
+                    });
+        });
+
         // In case of java 8 we need to add errorprone javac compiler to bootstrap classpath of tasks that perform
         // compilation or code analysis. ErrorProneJavacPluginPlugin handles JavaCompile cases via errorproneJavac
         // configuration and we do similar thing for Test and Javadoc type tasks