diff --git a/test/helpers/module-setup.ts b/test/helpers/module-setup.ts
index fa34f6fde..b9774b416 100644
--- a/test/helpers/module-setup.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/module-setup.ts
@@ -29,3 +29,13 @@ export async function cleanupTestModule(testModulePath: string): Promise<void> {
   await fs.remove(testModulePath);
   resetMSVSVersion();
 }
+
+export async function clearTestModuleDependencies(testModulePath: string): Promise<void> {
+  const packageJsonPath = path.join(testModulePath, 'package.json');
+  const packageJson = await fs.readJSON(packageJsonPath);
+  packageJson.dependencies = {};
+  packageJson.devDependencies = {};
+  packageJson.optionalDependencies = {};
+  packageJson.peerDependencies = {};
+  await fs.writeJSON(packageJsonPath, packageJson, { spaces: 2 });
+}
diff --git a/test/rebuild.ts b/test/rebuild.ts
index b7dfcd32a..d569216c9 100644
--- a/test/rebuild.ts
+++ b/test/rebuild.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as os from 'os';
 
-import { cleanupTestModule, MINUTES_IN_MILLISECONDS, resetMSVSVersion, resetTestModule, TIMEOUT_IN_MILLISECONDS } from './helpers/module-setup';
+import { cleanupTestModule, clearTestModuleDependencies, MINUTES_IN_MILLISECONDS, resetMSVSVersion, resetTestModule, TIMEOUT_IN_MILLISECONDS } from './helpers/module-setup';
 import { expectNativeModuleToBeRebuilt, expectNativeModuleToNotBeRebuilt } from './helpers/rebuild';
 import { getExactElectronVersionSync } from './helpers/electron-version';
 import { rebuild } from '../src/rebuild';
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ describe('rebuilder', () => {
     afterEach(async() => await cleanupTestModule(testModulePath));
 
     it('should rebuild only specified modules', async () => {
+      clearTestModuleDependencies(testModulePath);
       const nativeModuleBinary = path.join(testModulePath, 'node_modules', 'native-hello-world', 'build', 'Release', 'hello_world.node');
       expect(await fs.pathExists(nativeModuleBinary)).to.be.true;
       await fs.remove(nativeModuleBinary);
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ describe('rebuilder', () => {
     });
 
     it('should rebuild multiple specified modules via --only option', async () => {
+      clearTestModuleDependencies(testModulePath);
       const rebuilder = rebuild({
         buildPath: testModulePath,
         electronVersion: testElectronVersion,
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ describe('rebuilder', () => {
     after(async() => await cleanupTestModule(testModulePath));
 
     it('should have rebuilt ffi-napi module in Debug mode', async () => {
+      clearTestModuleDependencies(testModulePath);
       await rebuild({
         buildPath: testModulePath,
         electronVersion: testElectronVersion,
@@ -183,6 +186,7 @@ describe('rebuilder', () => {
     after(async() => await cleanupTestModule(testModulePath));
 
     it('should have rebuilt ffi-napi module using clang mode', async () => {
+      clearTestModuleDependencies(testModulePath);
       await rebuild({
         buildPath: testModulePath,
         electronVersion: testElectronVersion,
@@ -194,57 +198,4 @@ describe('rebuilder', () => {
       await expectNativeModuleToBeRebuilt(testModulePath, 'ffi-napi');
     });
   });
-
-  describe('rebuilding from different package', function() {
-    this.timeout(MINUTES_IN_MILLISECONDS);
-
-    beforeEach(async () => {
-      await resetTestModule(testModulePath);
-      const packageJsonPath = path.join(testModulePath, 'package.json');
-      const packageJson = await fs.readJSON(packageJsonPath);
-      packageJson.dependencies = {};
-      packageJson.devDependencies = {};
-      packageJson.optionalDependencies = {};
-      packageJson.peerDependencies = {};
-      await fs.writeJSON(packageJsonPath, packageJson, { spaces: 2 });
-    });
-    afterEach(async() => await cleanupTestModule(testModulePath));
-
-    it('should not rebuild anything if package.json does not depend on anything', async () => {
-      const nativeModuleBinary = path.join(testModulePath, 'node_modules', 'native-hello-world', 'build', 'Release', 'hello_world.node');
-      expect(await fs.pathExists(nativeModuleBinary)).to.be.true;
-      await fs.remove(nativeModuleBinary);
-      expect(await fs.pathExists(nativeModuleBinary)).to.be.false;
-      const rebuilder = rebuild({
-        buildPath: testModulePath,
-        electronVersion: testElectronVersion,
-        arch: process.arch,
-        force: true
-      });
-      let built = 0;
-      rebuilder.lifecycle.on('module-done', () => built++);
-      await rebuilder;
-      expect(built).to.equal(0);
-      expect(await fs.pathExists(nativeModuleBinary)).to.be.false;
-    });
-
-    it('should rebuild extraModules even if package.json does not depend on it', async () => {
-      const nativeModuleBinary = path.join(testModulePath, 'node_modules', 'native-hello-world', 'build', 'Release', 'hello_world.node');
-      expect(await fs.pathExists(nativeModuleBinary)).to.be.true;
-      await fs.remove(nativeModuleBinary);
-      expect(await fs.pathExists(nativeModuleBinary)).to.be.false;
-      const rebuilder = rebuild({
-        buildPath: testModulePath,
-        electronVersion: testElectronVersion,
-        arch: process.arch,
-        extraModules: ['native-hello-world'],
-        force: true
-      });
-      let built = 0;
-      rebuilder.lifecycle.on('module-done', () => built++);
-      await rebuilder;
-      expect(built).to.equal(1);
-      expect(await fs.pathExists(nativeModuleBinary)).to.be.true;
-    });
-  });
 });