diff --git a/test/common/index.js b/test/common/index.js
index 768570437a7d85..da5027af135f0e 100644
--- a/test/common/index.js
+++ b/test/common/index.js
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ function canCreateSymLink() {
     try {
       const output = execSync(`${whoamiPath} /priv`, { timout: 1000 });
       return output.includes('SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege');
-    } catch (e) {
+    } catch {
       return false;
     }
   }
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ function isAlive(pid) {
   try {
     process.kill(pid, 'SIGCONT');
     return true;
-  } catch (e) {
+  } catch {
     return false;
   }
 }
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ function getTTYfd() {
   if (ttyFd === undefined) {
     try {
       return fs.openSync('/dev/tty');
-    } catch (e) {
+    } catch {
       // There aren't any tty fd's available to use.
       return -1;
     }
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ function runWithInvalidFD(func) {
   // be an valid one.
   try {
     while (fs.fstatSync(fd--) && fd > 0);
-  } catch (e) {
+  } catch {
     return func(fd);
   }
 
diff --git a/test/doctool/test-doctool-html.js b/test/doctool/test-doctool-html.js
index 78f48ae54e8f26..499034cd8a3684 100644
--- a/test/doctool/test-doctool-html.js
+++ b/test/doctool/test-doctool-html.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const common = require('../common');
 // The doctool currently uses js-yaml from the tool/node_modules/eslint/ tree.
 try {
   require('../../tools/node_modules/eslint/node_modules/js-yaml');
-} catch (e) {
+} catch {
   common.skip('missing js-yaml (eslint not present)');
 }
 
diff --git a/test/doctool/test-doctool-json.js b/test/doctool/test-doctool-json.js
index cdd3664cf1c33a..7471a2e1f0693d 100644
--- a/test/doctool/test-doctool-json.js
+++ b/test/doctool/test-doctool-json.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const common = require('../common');
 // The doctool currently uses js-yaml from the tool/node_modules/eslint/ tree.
 try {
   require('../../tools/node_modules/eslint/node_modules/js-yaml');
-} catch (e) {
+} catch {
   common.skip('missing js-yaml (eslint not present)');
 }
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/catch-stdout-error.js b/test/fixtures/catch-stdout-error.js
index bdd09b5ab8f450..5e30326bf9b4c9 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/catch-stdout-error.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/catch-stdout-error.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 function write() {
   try {
     process.stdout.write('Hello, world\n');
-  } catch (ex) {
+  } catch {
     throw new Error('this should never happen');
   }
   setImmediate(function() {
diff --git a/test/internet/test-dgram-broadcast-multi-process.js b/test/internet/test-dgram-broadcast-multi-process.js
index c30059e739b687..a8d97869703e58 100644
--- a/test/internet/test-dgram-broadcast-multi-process.js
+++ b/test/internet/test-dgram-broadcast-multi-process.js
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ if (process.argv[2] !== 'child') {
     const buf = messages[i++];
 
     if (!buf) {
-      try { sendSocket.close(); } catch (e) {}
+      try { sendSocket.close(); } catch {}
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/internet/test-dgram-multicast-multi-process.js b/test/internet/test-dgram-multicast-multi-process.js
index e6e7a44fcd4de2..9d2e2c9f3ffd84 100644
--- a/test/internet/test-dgram-multicast-multi-process.js
+++ b/test/internet/test-dgram-multicast-multi-process.js
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ if (process.argv[2] !== 'child') {
     const buf = messages[i++];
 
     if (!buf) {
-      try { sendSocket.close(); } catch (e) {}
+      try { sendSocket.close(); } catch {}
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/known_issues/test-url-parse-conformance.js b/test/known_issues/test-url-parse-conformance.js
index 022a613a226549..fe3aa718eaf891 100644
--- a/test/known_issues/test-url-parse-conformance.js
+++ b/test/known_issues/test-url-parse-conformance.js
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ tests.forEach((test) => {
         assert.strictEqual(test.pathname, parsed.pathname || '/');
         assert.strictEqual(test.search, parsed.search || '');
         assert.strictEqual(test.hash, parsed.hash || '');
-      } catch (err) {
+      } catch {
         // For now, we're just interested in the number of failures.
         failed++;
       }
     }
-  } catch (err) {
+  } catch {
     // If Parse failed and it wasn't supposed to, treat it as a failure.
     if (!test.failure)
       failed++;
diff --git a/test/message/vm_dont_display_runtime_error.js b/test/message/vm_dont_display_runtime_error.js
index e7c77081a597c6..72568a21c7c339 100644
--- a/test/message/vm_dont_display_runtime_error.js
+++ b/test/message/vm_dont_display_runtime_error.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ try {
     filename: 'test.vm',
     displayErrors: false
   });
-} catch (e) {}
+} catch {}
 
 console.error('middle');
 
diff --git a/test/message/vm_dont_display_syntax_error.js b/test/message/vm_dont_display_syntax_error.js
index f3965b33430e78..7e588c5095741a 100644
--- a/test/message/vm_dont_display_syntax_error.js
+++ b/test/message/vm_dont_display_syntax_error.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ try {
     filename: 'test.vm',
     displayErrors: false
   });
-} catch (e) {}
+} catch {}
 
 console.error('middle');
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-assert.js b/test/parallel/test-assert.js
index 8e6c2e52b5be55..e5a7d1aaaa90d8 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-assert.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-assert.js
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ assert.throws(
       },
       Array
     );
-  } catch (e) {
+  } catch {
     threw = true;
   }
   assert.ok(threw, 'wrong constructor validation');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-cipher-decipher.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-cipher-decipher.js
index 3c0658762f478b..ed387c3c999026 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-crypto-cipher-decipher.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-cipher-decipher.js
@@ -168,13 +168,13 @@ testCipher2(Buffer.from('0123456789abcdef'));
 // not assert. See https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/issues/4886.
 {
   const c = crypto.createCipher('aes-256-cbc', 'secret');
-  try { c.final('xxx'); } catch (e) { /* Ignore. */ }
-  try { c.final('xxx'); } catch (e) { /* Ignore. */ }
-  try { c.final('xxx'); } catch (e) { /* Ignore. */ }
+  try { c.final('xxx'); } catch { /* Ignore. */ }
+  try { c.final('xxx'); } catch { /* Ignore. */ }
+  try { c.final('xxx'); } catch { /* Ignore. */ }
   const d = crypto.createDecipher('aes-256-cbc', 'secret');
-  try { d.final('xxx'); } catch (e) { /* Ignore. */ }
-  try { d.final('xxx'); } catch (e) { /* Ignore. */ }
-  try { d.final('xxx'); } catch (e) { /* Ignore. */ }
+  try { d.final('xxx'); } catch { /* Ignore. */ }
+  try { d.final('xxx'); } catch { /* Ignore. */ }
+  try { d.final('xxx'); } catch { /* Ignore. */ }
 }
 
 // Regression test for https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/issues/5482:
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-file-write-stream2.js b/test/parallel/test-file-write-stream2.js
index 2db06640e18dba..e29bd80ebf792c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-file-write-stream2.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-file-write-stream2.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ process.on('exit', function() {
 function removeTestFile() {
   try {
     fs.unlinkSync(filepath);
-  } catch (e) {}
+  } catch {}
 }
 
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-realpath-pipe.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-realpath-pipe.js
index 55010cf78b4a5a..7104e93ff123ed 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-realpath-pipe.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-realpath-pipe.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ for (const code of [
     if (require('fs').realpathSync('/dev/stdin')) {
       process.exit(2);
     }
-  } catch (e) {
+  } catch {
     process.exit(1);
   }`
 ]) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-realpath.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-realpath.js
index 599616f5224eb7..18b9de471bc3a8 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-realpath.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-realpath.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function test_simple_relative_symlink(realpath, realpathSync, callback) {
   [
     [entry, `../${path.basename(tmpDir)}/cycles/root.js`]
   ].forEach(function(t) {
-    try { fs.unlinkSync(t[0]); } catch (e) {}
+    try { fs.unlinkSync(t[0]); } catch {}
     console.log('fs.symlinkSync(%j, %j, %j)', t[1], t[0], 'file');
     fs.symlinkSync(t[1], t[0], 'file');
     unlink.push(t[0]);
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function test_simple_absolute_symlink(realpath, realpathSync, callback) {
   [
     [entry, expected]
   ].forEach(function(t) {
-    try { fs.unlinkSync(t[0]); } catch (e) {}
+    try { fs.unlinkSync(t[0]); } catch {}
     console.error('fs.symlinkSync(%j, %j, %j)', t[1], t[0], type);
     fs.symlinkSync(t[1], t[0], type);
     unlink.push(t[0]);
@@ -151,13 +151,13 @@ function test_deep_relative_file_symlink(realpath, realpathSync, callback) {
                                 expected);
   const linkPath1 = path.join(targetsAbsDir,
                               'nested-index', 'one', 'symlink1.js');
-  try { fs.unlinkSync(linkPath1); } catch (e) {}
+  try { fs.unlinkSync(linkPath1); } catch {}
   fs.symlinkSync(linkData1, linkPath1, 'file');
 
   const linkData2 = '../one/symlink1.js';
   const entry = path.join(targetsAbsDir,
                           'nested-index', 'two', 'symlink1-b.js');
-  try { fs.unlinkSync(entry); } catch (e) {}
+  try { fs.unlinkSync(entry); } catch {}
   fs.symlinkSync(linkData2, entry, 'file');
   unlink.push(linkPath1);
   unlink.push(entry);
@@ -178,13 +178,13 @@ function test_deep_relative_dir_symlink(realpath, realpathSync, callback) {
   const path1b = path.join(targetsAbsDir, 'nested-index', 'one');
   const linkPath1b = path.join(path1b, 'symlink1-dir');
   const linkData1b = path.relative(path1b, expected);
-  try { fs.unlinkSync(linkPath1b); } catch (e) {}
+  try { fs.unlinkSync(linkPath1b); } catch {}
   fs.symlinkSync(linkData1b, linkPath1b, 'dir');
 
   const linkData2b = '../one/symlink1-dir';
   const entry = path.join(targetsAbsDir,
                           'nested-index', 'two', 'symlink12-dir');
-  try { fs.unlinkSync(entry); } catch (e) {}
+  try { fs.unlinkSync(entry); } catch {}
   fs.symlinkSync(linkData2b, entry, 'dir');
   unlink.push(linkPath1b);
   unlink.push(entry);
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ function test_cyclic_link_protection(realpath, realpathSync, callback) {
     [path.join(tmpDir, '/cycles/realpath-3b'), '../cycles/realpath-3c'],
     [path.join(tmpDir, '/cycles/realpath-3c'), '../cycles/realpath-3a']
   ].forEach(function(t) {
-    try { fs.unlinkSync(t[0]); } catch (e) {}
+    try { fs.unlinkSync(t[0]); } catch {}
     fs.symlinkSync(t[1], t[0], 'dir');
     unlink.push(t[0]);
   });
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ function test_cyclic_link_overprotection(realpath, realpathSync, callback) {
   const link = `${folder}/cycles`;
   let testPath = cycles;
   testPath += '/folder/cycles'.repeat(10);
-  try { fs.unlinkSync(link); } catch (ex) {}
+  try { fs.unlinkSync(link); } catch {}
   fs.symlinkSync(cycles, link, 'dir');
   unlink.push(link);
   assertEqualPath(realpathSync(testPath), path.resolve(expected));
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ function test_relative_input_cwd(realpath, realpathSync, callback) {
   ].forEach(function(t) {
     const fn = t[0];
     console.error('fn=%j', fn);
-    try { fs.unlinkSync(fn); } catch (e) {}
+    try { fs.unlinkSync(fn); } catch {}
     const b = path.basename(t[1]);
     const type = (b === 'root.js' ? 'file' : 'dir');
     console.log('fs.symlinkSync(%j, %j, %j)', t[1], fn, type);
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ function test_deep_symlink_mix(realpath, realpathSync, callback) {
   $tmpDir/targets/cycles/root.js (hard)
   */
   const entry = tmp('node-test-realpath-f1');
-  try { fs.unlinkSync(tmp('node-test-realpath-d2/foo')); } catch (e) {}
-  try { fs.rmdirSync(tmp('node-test-realpath-d2')); } catch (e) {}
+  try { fs.unlinkSync(tmp('node-test-realpath-d2/foo')); } catch {}
+  try { fs.rmdirSync(tmp('node-test-realpath-d2')); } catch {}
   fs.mkdirSync(tmp('node-test-realpath-d2'), 0o700);
   try {
     [
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ function test_deep_symlink_mix(realpath, realpathSync, callback) {
       [`${targetsAbsDir}/nested-index/two/realpath-c`,
        `${tmpDir}/cycles/root.js`]
     ].forEach(function(t) {
-      try { fs.unlinkSync(t[0]); } catch (e) {}
+      try { fs.unlinkSync(t[0]); } catch {}
       fs.symlinkSync(t[1], t[0]);
       unlink.push(t[0]);
     });
@@ -429,14 +429,14 @@ function test_abs_with_kids(realpath, realpathSync, cb) {
     ['/a/b/c/x.txt',
      '/a/link'
     ].forEach(function(file) {
-      try { fs.unlinkSync(root + file); } catch (ex) {}
+      try { fs.unlinkSync(root + file); } catch {}
     });
     ['/a/b/c',
      '/a/b',
      '/a',
      ''
     ].forEach(function(folder) {
-      try { fs.rmdirSync(root + folder); } catch (ex) {}
+      try { fs.rmdirSync(root + folder); } catch {}
     });
   }
   function setup() {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-listen-fd-detached-inherit.js b/test/parallel/test-listen-fd-detached-inherit.js
index b4fce58c93390d..4feb7dc3ab03dd 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-listen-fd-detached-inherit.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-listen-fd-detached-inherit.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function test() {
         process.kill(child.pid, 'SIGKILL');
         try {
           parent.kill();
-        } catch (e) {}
+        } catch {}
 
         assert.strictEqual(s, 'hello from child\n');
         assert.strictEqual(res.statusCode, 200);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-listen-fd-detached.js b/test/parallel/test-listen-fd-detached.js
index 6fbc938324549e..09d7f8b6c1a68c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-listen-fd-detached.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-listen-fd-detached.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function test() {
         process.kill(child.pid, 'SIGKILL');
         try {
           parent.kill();
-        } catch (e) {}
+        } catch {}
 
         assert.strictEqual(s, 'hello from child\n');
         assert.strictEqual(res.statusCode, 200);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-listen-fd-ebadf.js b/test/parallel/test-listen-fd-ebadf.js
index 564dea7f951a1a..3ec40b5c23a1f2 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-listen-fd-ebadf.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-listen-fd-ebadf.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ let invalidFd = 2;
 // Get first known bad file descriptor.
 try {
   while (fs.fstatSync(++invalidFd));
-} catch (e) {
+} catch {
   // do nothing; we now have an invalid fd
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-module-loading-error.js b/test/parallel/test-module-loading-error.js
index 86932bd759d20c..f2351e708f2e93 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-module-loading-error.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-module-loading-error.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ if (common.isWindows) {
   try {
     // If MUI != 'en' we'll ignore the content of the message
     localeOk = execSync(powerShellFindMUI).toString('utf8').trim() === 'en';
-  } catch (_) {
+  } catch {
     // It's only a best effort try to find the MUI
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-promises-unhandled-rejections.js b/test/parallel/test-promises-unhandled-rejections.js
index d336630f7cf8ce..93ac186a3b45f6 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-promises-unhandled-rejections.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-promises-unhandled-rejections.js
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ asyncTest('Throwing an error inside a rejectionHandled handler goes to' +
   setTimeout(function() {
     try {
       p.catch(function() {});
-    } catch (e) {
+    } catch {
       done(new Error('fail'));
     }
   }, 1);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-syntax-error-handling.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-syntax-error-handling.js
index f61ab077eb638c..91a8614d1deb93 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-syntax-error-handling.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-syntax-error-handling.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function child() {
   let caught;
   try {
     vm.runInThisContext('haf!@##&$!@$*!@', { displayErrors: false });
-  } catch (er) {
+  } catch {
     caught = true;
   }
   assert(caught);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-require-deps-deprecation.js b/test/parallel/test-require-deps-deprecation.js
index 80bf66d7f6b74f..5bee24a5db19ce 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-require-deps-deprecation.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-require-deps-deprecation.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ common.expectWarning('DeprecationWarning', deprecatedModules.map((m) => {
 for (const m of deprecatedModules) {
   try {
     require(m);
-  } catch (err) {}
+  } catch {}
 }
 
 // Instead of checking require, check that resolve isn't pointing toward a
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stdout-close-catch.js b/test/parallel/test-stdout-close-catch.js
index e9b559c9f24cd0..6c0db3ea904a7d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stdout-close-catch.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stdout-close-catch.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ child.stderr.on('data', function(c) {
 child.on('close', common.mustCall(function(code) {
   try {
     output = JSON.parse(output);
-  } catch (er) {
+  } catch {
     console.error(output);
     process.exit(1);
   }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stdout-to-file.js b/test/parallel/test-stdout-to-file.js
index a02531ca41fbdb..f23bbea279d324 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stdout-to-file.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stdout-to-file.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function test(size, useBuffer, cb) {
 
   try {
     fs.unlinkSync(tmpFile);
-  } catch (e) {}
+  } catch {}
 
   console.log(`${size} chars to ${tmpFile}...`);
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-vm-low-stack-space.js b/test/parallel/test-vm-low-stack-space.js
index 7c1313d47c1ad9..6a49a983d54f5e 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-vm-low-stack-space.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-vm-low-stack-space.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const vm = require('vm');
 function a() {
   try {
     return a();
-  } catch (e) {
+  } catch {
     // Throw an exception as near to the recursion-based RangeError as possible.
     return vm.runInThisContext('() => 42')();
   }
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ assert.strictEqual(a(), 42);
 function b() {
   try {
     return b();
-  } catch (e) {
+  } catch {
     // This writes a lot of noise to stderr, but it still works.
     return vm.runInNewContext('() => 42')();
   }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-vm-module-errors.js b/test/parallel/test-vm-module-errors.js
index 05022160832a53..a343a542a10abd 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-vm-module-errors.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-vm-module-errors.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ async function checkModuleState() {
     const m = new SourceTextModule('import "foo";');
     try {
       await m.link(common.mustCall(() => ({})));
-    } catch (err) {
+    } catch {
       assert.strictEqual(m.linkingStatus, 'errored');
       m.instantiate();
     }
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ async function checkLinking() {
     const erroredModule = new SourceTextModule('import "foo";');
     try {
       await erroredModule.link(common.mustCall(() => ({})));
-    } catch (err) {
+    } catch {
       // ignored
     } finally {
       assert.strictEqual(erroredModule.linkingStatus, 'errored');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-vm-parse-abort-on-uncaught-exception.js b/test/parallel/test-vm-parse-abort-on-uncaught-exception.js
index 36f73ea676e5a5..4fcff30321f671 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-vm-parse-abort-on-uncaught-exception.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-vm-parse-abort-on-uncaught-exception.js
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ const vm = require('vm');
 
 try {
   new vm.Script({ toString() { throw new Error('foo'); } }, {});
-} catch (err) {}
+} catch {}
 
 try {
   new vm.Script('[', {});
-} catch (err) {}
+} catch {}
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-fs-watch-non-recursive.js b/test/pummel/test-fs-watch-non-recursive.js
index 2b10f9b24da746..da11b423a686e0 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-fs-watch-non-recursive.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-fs-watch-non-recursive.js
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ const testsubdir = path.join(testDir, 'testsubdir');
 const filepath = path.join(testsubdir, 'watch.txt');
 
 function cleanup() {
-  try { fs.unlinkSync(filepath); } catch (e) { }
-  try { fs.rmdirSync(testsubdir); } catch (e) { }
+  try { fs.unlinkSync(filepath); } catch { }
+  try { fs.rmdirSync(testsubdir); } catch { }
 }
 process.on('exit', cleanup);
 cleanup();
 
-try { fs.mkdirSync(testsubdir, 0o700); } catch (e) {}
+try { fs.mkdirSync(testsubdir, 0o700); } catch {}
 
 // Need a grace period, else the mkdirSync() above fires off an event.
 setTimeout(function() {
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-vm-memleak.js b/test/pummel/test-vm-memleak.js
index cb96512d384556..94e4055a767096 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-vm-memleak.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-vm-memleak.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ assert(ok, 'Run this test with --max_old_space_size=32.');
 const interval = setInterval(function() {
   try {
     vm.runInNewContext('throw 1;');
-  } catch (e) {
+  } catch {
   }
 
   const rss = process.memoryUsage().rss;
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-vm-race.js b/test/pummel/test-vm-race.js
index 7f9514b04e9e73..55f63d31689fb5 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-vm-race.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-vm-race.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ do {
   try {
     script.runInContext(context, { timeout: 5 });
     ++sandbox.timeout;
-  } catch (err) {
+  } catch {
     --sandbox.timeout;
   }
 } while (Date.now() < giveUp);
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-fs-readfile-tostring-fail.js b/test/sequential/test-fs-readfile-tostring-fail.js
index 8dcab75e0fb119..da8f3930f618f9 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-fs-readfile-tostring-fail.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-fs-readfile-tostring-fail.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stream.on('finish', common.mustCall(function() {
 function destroy() {
   try {
     fs.unlinkSync(file);
-  } catch (err) {
+  } catch {
     // it may not exist
   }
 }