diff --git a/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-stdout-end.js b/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-stdout-end.js
index 2ec7ca9114db6f..a19682a36df7a6 100644
--- a/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-stdout-end.js
+++ b/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-stdout-end.js
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 'use strict';
-const common = require('../common');
-
-process.on('uncaughtException', common.expectsError({
-  code: 'ERR_STDOUT_CLOSE',
-  type: Error,
-  message: 'process.stdout cannot be closed'
-}));
+require('../common');
 
 process.stdout.end();