diff --git a/test/parallel/test-v8-serdes.js b/test/parallel/test-v8-serdes.js
index a992ba42ce46bf..593fb34ad73594 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-v8-serdes.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-v8-serdes.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const common = require('../common');
-const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const { internalBinding } = require('internal/test/binding');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const v8 = require('v8');
@@ -12,8 +11,6 @@ const os = require('os');
 const circular = {};
 circular.circular = circular;
 
-const wasmModule = new WebAssembly.Module(fixtures.readSync('simple.wasm'));
-
 const objects = [
   { foo: 'bar' },
   { bar: 'baz' },
@@ -23,8 +20,7 @@ const objects = [
   undefined,
   null,
   42,
-  circular,
-  wasmModule
+  circular
 ];
 
 const hostObject = new (internalBinding('js_stream').JSStream)();
@@ -236,9 +232,3 @@ const deserializerTypeError =
     /^TypeError: buffer must be a TypedArray or a DataView$/,
   );
 }
-
-{
-  const deserializedWasmModule = v8.deserialize(v8.serialize(wasmModule));
-  const instance = new WebAssembly.Instance(deserializedWasmModule);
-  assert.strictEqual(instance.exports.add(10, 20), 30);
-}