diff --git a/src/daemon/launchd.test.ts b/src/daemon/launchd.test.ts
index 84f931adc9a..3cacdeee259 100644
--- a/src/daemon/launchd.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/launchd.test.ts
@@ -249,14 +249,6 @@ vi.mock("node:fs/promises", async () => {
     unlink: vi.fn(async (p: string) => {
       state.files.delete(p);
     }),
-    readFile: vi.fn(async (p: string) => {
-      const key = p;
-      const data = state.files.get(key);
-      if (data !== undefined) {
-        return data;
-      }
-      throw new Error(`ENOENT: no such file or directory, read '${key}'`);
-    }),
     writeFile: vi.fn(async (p: string, data: string, opts?: { mode?: number }) => {
       const key = p;
       state.files.set(key, data);