diff --git a/packages/server/test/support/fixtures/projects/issue-15901/index.html b/packages/driver/cypress/fixtures/utf8-post.html
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/server/test/support/fixtures/projects/issue-15901/index.html
rename to packages/driver/cypress/fixtures/utf8-post.html
diff --git a/packages/driver/cypress/integration/commands/net_stubbing_spec.ts b/packages/driver/cypress/integration/commands/net_stubbing_spec.ts
index 1103051c6589..ae468225ab53 100644
--- a/packages/driver/cypress/integration/commands/net_stubbing_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/driver/cypress/integration/commands/net_stubbing_spec.ts
@@ -1316,6 +1316,12 @@ describe('network stubbing', { retries: { runMode: 2, openMode: 0 } }, function
       .then(() => testDelay()).wait('@get')
     })
 
+    // @see https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/15901
+    it('can intercept utf-8 request bodies without crashing', function () {
+      cy.intercept('POST', 'http://localhost:5000/api/sample')
+      cy.visit('/fixtures/utf8-post.html')
+    })
+
     context('request events', function () {
       context('can end response', () => {
         for (const eventName of ['before:response', 'response']) {
diff --git a/packages/server/test/e2e/7_issue_15901_spec.js b/packages/server/test/e2e/7_issue_15901_spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b24c00cf482..000000000000
--- a/packages/server/test/e2e/7_issue_15901_spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-const e2e = require('../support/helpers/e2e').default
-const Fixtures = require('../support/helpers/fixtures')
-
-// https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/15901
-describe('issue 15901', () => {
-  e2e.setup()
-
-  it('does not crash', function () {
-    return e2e.exec(this, {
-      project: Fixtures.projectPath('issue-15901'),
-      expectedExitCode: 0,
-    })
-  })
-})
diff --git a/packages/server/test/support/fixtures/projects/issue-15901/cypress.json b/packages/server/test/support/fixtures/projects/issue-15901/cypress.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 597a3fdf3e78..000000000000
--- a/packages/server/test/support/fixtures/projects/issue-15901/cypress.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "fixturesFolder": false,
-  "supportFile": false,
-  "pluginsFile": false,
-  "video": false
-}
diff --git a/packages/server/test/support/fixtures/projects/issue-15901/cypress/integration/spec.js b/packages/server/test/support/fixtures/projects/issue-15901/cypress/integration/spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c989469df4db..000000000000
--- a/packages/server/test/support/fixtures/projects/issue-15901/cypress/integration/spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// @see https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/15901
-it('does not crash', () => {
-  cy.intercept('POST', 'http://localhost:5000/api/sample')
-  cy.visit('index.html')
-})