diff --git a/test/addons/force-context-aware/index.js b/test/addons/force-context-aware/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 17b9a0ad1ef969..00000000000000
--- a/test/addons/force-context-aware/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-const common = require('../../common');
-
-require(`./build/${common.buildType}/binding`);
diff --git a/test/addons/force-context-aware/test.js b/test/addons/force-context-aware/test.js
index d5264463a79997..cc2ed940d9223d 100644
--- a/test/addons/force-context-aware/test.js
+++ b/test/addons/force-context-aware/test.js
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
+// Flags: --force-context-aware
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../../common');
-const childProcess = require('child_process');
 const assert = require('assert');
-const path = require('path');
 
-const mod = path.join('test', 'addons', 'force-context-aware', 'index.js');
-
-const execString = `"${process.execPath}" --force-context-aware ./${mod}`;
-childProcess.exec(execString, common.mustCall((err) => {
-  const errMsg = 'Loading non context-aware native modules has been disabled';
-  assert.strictEqual(err.message.includes(errMsg), true);
-}));
+assert.throws(() => {
+  require(`./build/${common.buildType}/binding`);
+}, /^Error: Loading non context-aware native modules has been disabled$/);