diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream2-basic.js b/test/parallel/test-stream2-basic.js
index 0694adb5c5905e..0083077fc2d649 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream2-basic.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream2-basic.js
@@ -212,10 +212,10 @@ class TestWriter extends EE {
                    'xxxxx' ];
 
   w[0].on('end', common.mustCall(function(received) {
-    assert.deepStrictEqual(received, expect, 'first');
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(received, expect);
   }));
   w[1].on('end', common.mustCall(function(received) {
-    assert.deepStrictEqual(received, expect, 'second');
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(received, expect);
   }));
 
   r.pipe(w[0]);