diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
index d82fddb2a8bc..cfef2ebf1704 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
@@ -315,10 +315,7 @@ class Runtime {
       modulePath = manualMock;
     }
 
-    if (
-      moduleName === 'graceful-fs' ||
-      (moduleName && this._resolver.isCoreModule(moduleName))
-    ) {
+    if (moduleName && this._resolver.isCoreModule(moduleName)) {
       return this._requireCoreModule(moduleName);
     }