diff --git a/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js b/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
index 63c166fc1be421..4eeea407b196af 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
@@ -254,13 +254,6 @@ let asyncTest = Promise.resolve();
     {},  // No handleEvent function
     false
   ].forEach((i) => throws(() => target.addEventListener('foo', i), err(i)));
-
-  [
-    'foo',
-    1,
-    {},  // No handleEvent function
-    false
-  ].forEach((i) => throws(() => target.addEventListener('foo', i), err(i)));
 }
 
 {