diff --git a/test/pummel/test-heapdump-http2.js b/test/pummel/test-heapdump-http2.js
index c9218723792..a3eccaecef4 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-heapdump-http2.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-heapdump-http2.js
@@ -56,14 +56,11 @@ server.listen(0, () => {
         ],
       },
     ], { loose: true });
-    // `Node / StreamPipe` (C++) -> StreamPipe (JS)
-    state.validateSnapshotNodes('Node / StreamPipe', [
-      {
-        children: [
-          { node_name: 'StreamPipe', edge_name: 'native_to_javascript' },
-        ],
-      },
-    ]);
+
+    // We don't necessarily have Node / StreamPipe here because by the time the
+    // response event is emitted, the file may have already been fully piped here
+    // and the stream pipe may have been destroyed.
+
     // `Node / Http2Session` (C++) -> Http2Session (JS)
     state.validateSnapshotNodes('Node / Http2Session', [
       {