diff --git a/test/fixtures/testcodes.txt b/test/fixtures/testcodes.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index ee860ba0d59f61..00000000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/testcodes.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-QXFPEEPNAT
-ZIEEVVEZCU
-CUPUMUEUPR
-ISMNOTJCYG
-TBKEWVBWRH
-GAXHUDAUAZ
-QFYWDRFDVA
-WJOPKBXPMK
-RZAIQNZQZK
-OIRPQKIQDU
-OONZZNMZNH
-TPBPBPKHPQ
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-empty-buffer.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-empty-buffer.js
index 9d100b0c40618a..281d2675e72730 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-empty-buffer.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-empty-buffer.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require('../common');
 const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const fs = require('fs');
-const filepath = fixtures.path('testcodes.txt');
+const filepath = fixtures.path('x.txt');
 const fd = fs.openSync(filepath, 'r');
 
 const buffer = new Uint8Array();
@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ assert.throws(
   () => fs.readSync(fd, buffer, 0, 10, 0),
   {
     code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE',
+    message: 'The argument \'buffer\' is empty and cannot be written. ' +
+    'Received Uint8Array [  ]'
   }
 );