diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-init-failure.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-init-failure.js
index ea9654200ecaf8..aa5513b2f93057 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-worker-init-failure.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-worker-init-failure.js
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
     // (i.e. single cpu) `ulimit` may not lead to such an error.
 
     worker.on('error', (e) => {
-      assert.match(e.message, /EMFILE/);
       assert.ok(e.code === 'ERR_WORKER_INIT_FAILED' || e.code === 'EMFILE');
     });
   }