diff --git a/tests/test_other.py b/tests/test_other.py
index 3354d04b6a037..83d10cc50e4af 100644
--- a/tests/test_other.py
+++ b/tests/test_other.py
@@ -7154,14 +7154,11 @@ def test_archive_no_index(self):
 
   def test_archive_non_objects(self):
     create_test_file('file.txt', 'test file')
-    # llvm-nm has issues with files that start with two or more null bytes since it thinks they
-    # are COFF files.  Ensure that we correctly ignore such files when we process them.
-    create_test_file('zeros.bin', '\0\0\0\0')
     self.run_process([EMCC, '-c', path_from_root('tests', 'hello_world.c')])
     # No index added.
     # --format=darwin (the default on OSX has a strange issue where it add extra
     # newlines to files: https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42562
-    self.run_process([EMAR, 'crS', '--format=gnu', 'libfoo.a', 'file.txt', 'zeros.bin', 'hello_world.o'])
+    self.run_process([EMAR, 'crS', '--format=gnu', 'libfoo.a', 'file.txt', 'hello_world.o'])
     self.run_process([EMCC, path_from_root('tests', 'hello_world.c'), 'libfoo.a'])
 
   def test_flag_aliases(self):