diff --git a/test/common/child_process.js b/test/common/child_process.js
index a3dc0639875c9a..d555d09a944c1c 100644
--- a/test/common/child_process.js
+++ b/test/common/child_process.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 const assert = require('assert');
 const { spawnSync, execFileSync } = require('child_process');
 const common = require('./');
-const os = require('os');
 const util = require('util');
 
 // Workaround for Windows Server 2008R2
@@ -44,13 +43,6 @@ function logAfterTime(time) {
 }
 
 function checkOutput(str, check) {
-  if (common.isWindows && typeof str === 'string') {
-    // Normalize the line endings for the output and the check strings.
-    str = str.replaceAll(os.EOL, '\n');
-    if (typeof check === 'string') {
-      check = check.replaceAll(os.EOL, '\n');
-    }
-  }
   if ((check instanceof RegExp && !check.test(str)) ||
     (typeof check === 'string' && check !== str)) {
     return { passed: false, reason: `did not match ${util.inspect(check)}` };
diff --git a/test/embedding/test-embedding.js b/test/embedding/test-embedding.js
index 1a579a11edc8b6..71c4f7f324c973 100644
--- a/test/embedding/test-embedding.js
+++ b/test/embedding/test-embedding.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const {
 } = require('../common/child_process');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
+const os = require('os');
 
 tmpdir.refresh();
 common.allowGlobals(global.require);
@@ -166,6 +167,6 @@ for (const extraSnapshotArgs of [
     {
       status: 9,
       signal: null,
-      stderr: `${binary}: NODE_REPL_EXTERNAL_MODULE can't be used with kDisableNodeOptionsEnv\n`,
+      stderr: `${binary}: NODE_REPL_EXTERNAL_MODULE can't be used with kDisableNodeOptionsEnv${os.EOL}`,
     });
 }