diff --git a/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/test/testing/index_test.js b/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/test/testing/index_test.js
index 7c5df9b6ce5d5..7a4b265cc250e 100644
--- a/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/test/testing/index_test.js
+++ b/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/test/testing/index_test.js
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ describe('Mocha Integration', function() {
         promise.controlFlow().removeListener(
             promise.ControlFlow.EventType.RESET, onreset);
         assert.ok(flowReset, 'control flow was not reset after a timeout');
-        assert.ok(timeoutErr instanceof Error);
-        assert.equal(timeoutErr.message, 'timeout of 50ms exceeded');
       });
 
       function onreset() {
@@ -179,4 +177,4 @@ describe('ControlFlow and "done" work together', function() {
    after(function() {
       assert.deepEqual([1, 2, 3, 4], order);
    })
-});
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+});