diff --git a/test/fixtures/x.bin b/test/fixtures/x.bin
deleted file mode 100644
index cd470e6190..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/x.bin
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-xyz
diff --git a/test/simple/test-sync-fileread.js b/test/simple/test-sync-fileread.js
index c0acde51bf..cc161aa648 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-sync-fileread.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-sync-fileread.js
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ var assert = require('assert');
 var path = require('path');
 var fs = require('fs');
 
-var fixture = path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures/x.bin');
+var fixture = path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures/x.txt');
 
 assert.equal('xyz\n', fs.readFileSync(fixture));