diff --git a/js/tests/tell-it-cypher_test.mjs b/js/tests/tell-it-cypher_test.mjs
index b4bb14805..33aa48078 100644
--- a/js/tests/tell-it-cypher_test.mjs
+++ b/js/tests/tell-it-cypher_test.mjs
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ export const setup = async ({ path }) => {
     )
     const newFileName =
       newFile || (keyword === 'encode' ? 'cypher.txt' : 'clear.txt')
-    const fileContent = await readFile(newFileName, 'utf8').catch((err) =>
-      err.code === 'ENOENT' ? 'output file not found' : err,
-    )
+    const fileContent = await readFile(newFileName, 'utf8')
+
     return { data: fileContent }
   }
 
diff --git a/js/tests/tell-me-vip_test.mjs b/js/tests/tell-me-vip_test.mjs
index 3f3bd2003..4f3778ee6 100644
--- a/js/tests/tell-me-vip_test.mjs
+++ b/js/tests/tell-me-vip_test.mjs
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ export const setup = async ({ path }) => {
   const run = async cmd => {
     const cmdPath = isAbsolute(cmd) ? cmd : join(dir, cmd)
     const { stdout } = await exec(`node ${path} ${cmdPath}`)
-    const fileContent = await readFile(`vip.txt`, 'utf8').catch(err =>
-      err.code === 'ENOENT' ? 'output file not found' : err,
-    )
+    const fileContent = await readFile(`vip.txt`, 'utf8')
+
     return { data: fileContent }
   }