diff --git a/test/js/node/worker_threads/worker-with-process-exit-delay-and-terminate.mjs b/test/js/node/worker_threads/worker-with-process-exit-delay-and-terminate.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a705e0de7..0000000000
--- a/test/js/node/worker_threads/worker-with-process-exit-delay-and-terminate.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import assert from "node:assert";
-import { setTimeout as sleep } from "node:timers/promises";
-import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
-import { Worker, isMainThread } from "node:worker_threads";
-
-// This test exists so we can test the behaviour from
-// https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/blob/f6dc66925e40dfb088c78b9592f832cbddb86519/test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts#L341-L351
-
-if (isMainThread) {
-  const worker = new Worker(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url), { smol: true });
-  let exitCode;
-  worker.once("exit", code => (exitCode = code));
-  await sleep(200);
-  assert.strictEqual(await worker.terminate(), undefined);
-  assert.strictEqual(exitCode, 2);
-} else {
-  await sleep(100);
-  process.exit(2);
-}
diff --git a/test/js/node/worker_threads/worker-with-process-exit-does-terminate.test.ts b/test/js/node/worker_threads/worker-with-process-exit-does-terminate.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ff89d69ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/node/worker_threads/worker-with-process-exit-does-terminate.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// import assert from "node:assert";
+// import { once } from "node:events";
+// import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+// import { Worker, isMainThread, parentPort } from "node:worker_threads";
+
+// if (isMainThread) {
+//   const worker = new Worker(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+//   worker.postMessage("process.exit(2); parentPort.postMessage('done')");
+//   worker.on("message", () => {
+//     assert.fail("worker should not send a message");
+//   });
+//   const [exitCode] = await once(worker, "exit");
+//   assert.strictEqual(exitCode, 2);
+// } else {
+//   parentPort.on("message", code => {
+//     console.log(`EVAL(${code})`);
+//     eval(code);
+//   });
+// }
+import { once } from "node:events";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { Worker, isMainThread, parentPort } from "node:worker_threads";
+
+if (isMainThread) {
+  const { test, expect } = await import("bun:test");
+
+  test("process.exit() works", async () => {
+    console.log("Testing process.exit() in worker thread...");
+
+    const worker = new Worker(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+
+    worker.on("message", () => expect().fail("worker should not keep executing after process.exit()"));
+
+    worker.postMessage("boom");
+
+    const [exitCode] = await once(worker, "exit");
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(2);
+  });
+} else {
+  console.log("Worker thread started");
+
+  parentPort!.on("message", message => {
+    console.log(`Worker received: ${message}`);
+
+    console.log("About to call process.exit(2)...");
+    process.exit(2);
+    console.log("process.exit(2) called");
+
+    parentPort!.postMessage("i'm still alive!");
+  });
+
+  console.log("Worker is ready, waiting for messages...");
+}
diff --git a/test/js/node/worker_threads/worker-with-process-exit.mjs b/test/js/node/worker_threads/worker-with-process-exit.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 734c3102e5..0000000000
--- a/test/js/node/worker_threads/worker-with-process-exit.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import assert from "node:assert";
-import { once } from "node:events";
-import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
-import { Worker, isMainThread, parentPort } from "node:worker_threads";
-
-if (isMainThread) {
-  const worker = new Worker(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
-  worker.postMessage("process.exit(2); parentPort.postMessage('done')");
-  worker.on("message", () => {
-    assert.fail("worker should not send a message");
-  });
-  const [exitCode] = await once(worker, "exit");
-  assert.strictEqual(exitCode, 2);
-} else {
-  parentPort.on("message", code => {
-    console.log(`EVAL(${code})`);
-    eval(code);
-  });
-}
diff --git a/test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts b/test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts
index 729d9164e1..b132f6d2ce 100644
--- a/test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts
@@ -342,9 +342,7 @@ describe("worker_threads", () => {
     const worker = new wt.Worker(new URL("worker-fixture-process-exit.js", import.meta.url).href, {
       smol: true,
     });
-    let exitCode: number | undefined = undefined;
-    worker.once("exit", code => (exitCode = code));
-    await Bun.sleep(200);
+    const [exitCode] = await once(worker, "exit");
     expect<number | undefined>(await worker.terminate()).toBe(undefined);
     expect<number | undefined>(exitCode).toBe(2);
   });