diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-access.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-access.js
index 9fa4dfcf1fe4d8..d8e1c94300d2ed 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-access.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-access.js
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ fs.access(__filename, fs.R_OK, common.mustCall(function(...args) {
 fs.promises.access(__filename, fs.R_OK)
   .then(common.mustCall())
   .catch(throwNextTick);
-fs.access(readOnlyFile, fs.F_OK | fs.R_OK, common.mustCall(function(...args) {
+fs.access(readOnlyFile, fs.R_OK, common.mustCall(function(...args) {
   assert.deepStrictEqual(args, [null]);
 }));
-fs.promises.access(readOnlyFile, fs.F_OK | fs.R_OK)
+fs.promises.access(readOnlyFile, fs.R_OK)
   .then(common.mustCall())
   .catch(throwNextTick);
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ assert.throws(
 
 // Regular access should not throw.
 fs.accessSync(__filename);
-const mode = fs.F_OK | fs.R_OK | fs.W_OK;
+const mode = fs.R_OK | fs.W_OK;
 fs.accessSync(readWriteFile, mode);
 
 // Invalid modes should throw.