diff --git a/test/pummel/test-buffer-big.js b/test/pummel/test-buffer-big.js
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index b36b992214ffc5..00000000000000
--- a/test/pummel/test-buffer-big.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-var common = require('../common');
-var assert = require('assert');
-
-// The tests below should throw an error, not abort the process...
-assert.throws(function() { new Buffer(0x3fffffff + 1); }, RangeError);
-assert.throws(function() { new Int8Array(0x3fffffff + 1); }, RangeError);
-assert.throws(function() { new ArrayBuffer(0x3fffffff + 1); }, RangeError);
-assert.throws(function() { new Float64Array(0x7ffffff + 1); }, RangeError);
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-fs-readfile-large.js b/test/pummel/test-fs-readfile-large.js
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index b6afbc254d317c..00000000000000
--- a/test/pummel/test-fs-readfile-large.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-var common = require('../common');
-var assert = require('assert');
-
-var path = require('path'),
-  fs = require('fs'),
-  filename = path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'large_file.txt');
-
-var filesize = 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
-
-function makeFile(done) {
-  var buf = new Buffer(filesize / 1024);
-  buf.fill('a');
-
-  try { fs.unlinkSync(filename); } catch (e) {}
-  var w = 1024;
-  var ws = fs.createWriteStream(filename);
-  ws.on('close', done);
-  ws.on('drain', write);
-  write();
-  function write() {
-    do {
-      w--;
-    } while (false !== ws.write(buf) && w > 0);
-    if (w === 0)
-      ws.end();
-  }
-}
-
-makeFile(function() {
-  fs.readFile(filename, function(err) {
-    assert.ok(err, 'should get RangeError');
-    assert.equal(err.name, 'RangeError', 'should get RangeError');
-    try { fs.unlinkSync(filename); } catch (e) {}
-  });
-});
-
-process.on('uncaughtException', function(err) {
-  assert.ok(!err, 'should not throw uncaughtException');
-});