diff --git a/test/sequential/test-debugger-random-port-with-inspect-port.js b/test/sequential/test-debugger-random-port-with-inspect-port.js
index 484c3b0a504619..3acc6bdd733eb0 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-debugger-random-port-with-inspect-port.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-debugger-random-port-with-inspect-port.js
@@ -13,15 +13,13 @@ const script = fixtures.path('debugger', 'three-lines.js');
 const cli = startCLI(['--inspect-port=0', script]);
 
 (async () => {
-  try {
-    await cli.waitForInitialBreak();
-    await cli.waitForPrompt();
-    assert.match(cli.output, /debug>/, 'prints a prompt');
-    assert.match(
-      cli.output,
-      /< Debugger listening on /,
-      'forwards child output');
-    const code = await cli.quit();
-    assert.strictEqual(code, 0);
-  }
+  await cli.waitForInitialBreak();
+  await cli.waitForPrompt();
+  assert.match(cli.output, /debug>/, 'prints a prompt');
+  assert.match(
+    cli.output,
+    /< Debugger listening on /,
+    'forwards child output');
+  const code = await cli.quit();
+  assert.strictEqual(code, 0);
 })().then(common.mustCall());