diff --git a/packages/experimental/webworker-packer/tests/image-loadable.spec.ts b/packages/experimental/webworker-packer/tests/image-loadable.spec.ts
index b642e0f606..a00fa133d0 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/webworker-packer/tests/image-loadable.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/webworker-packer/tests/image-loadable.spec.ts
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ const repoRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../../../', import.meta.url))
 const SUBJECT = '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
 const LANDLOCK = '@deepseek-ai/node-addon-landlock-run'
 const PLUGIN_INVENTORY = '@deepseek-ai/dsh-plugin-package-inventory-deepseek'
-const TERMINAL_BASH = '@deepseek-ai/dsh-terminal-bash'
 const WEB_SERVER = '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver'
-const XTERM_HEADLESS = '@xterm/headless'
 
 const workspaces = indexWorkspacePackages(repoRoot)
 
@@ -116,15 +114,6 @@ const packedWebServer = (): ReturnType<typeof packVfsImage> => webServerMemo ??=
   entries: [],
 })
 
-let terminalBashMemo: ReturnType<typeof packVfsImage> | undefined
-const packedTerminalBash = (): ReturnType<typeof packVfsImage> => terminalBashMemo ??= packVfsImage({
-  config: `- id: subject\n  name: '${TERMINAL_BASH}'\n`,
-  profile: 'terminal-bash-dependency-check',
-  workspaces,
-  resolveFrom: repoRoot,
-  entries: [],
-})
-
 /** The image's archive, inflated once: mounting reads the tar, not the gzip member. */
 let archiveMemo: Uint8Array | undefined
 const archive = async (): Promise<Uint8Array> =>
@@ -229,27 +218,6 @@ const archive = async (): Promise<Uint8Array> =>
     expect(typeof webserver.WebServer).toBe('function')
   })
 
-  it('loads a third-party dependency requested through createRequire', async () => {
-    const result = packedTerminalBash()
-    expect(result.missing).toEqual([])
-    expect(result.packages.get(XTERM_HEADLESS)).toBeGreaterThan(0)
-    expect(Object.hasOwn(result.files, `node_modules/${XTERM_HEADLESS}/lib-headless/xterm-headless.js`)).toBe(true)
-
-    const vfs = loadVfsImage(await inflateImage(result.image, 'the packed terminal backend'), DEFAULT_ROOT)
-    const loader = new WorkerModuleLoader({
-      vfs,
-      root: DEFAULT_ROOT,
-      staticModules: createNodeBuiltins(),
-      staticModulePrefixes: REPLACED_PREFIXES,
-    })
-    setActiveVfs(vfs)
-    setActiveModuleLoader(loader)
-    const terminal = loader.requireFrom(`${DEFAULT_ROOT}/workspace`)(TERMINAL_BASH) as {
-      BashTerminalBackend?: unknown
-    }
-    expect(typeof terminal.BashTerminalBackend).toBe('function')
-  })
-
   it('runs the unchanged Landlock entry package over the Worker platform executable', async () => {
     const result = packedLandlock()
     expect(workspaces.has(LANDLOCK)).toBe(true)
diff --git a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/tests/compile/transform.spec.ts b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/tests/compile/transform.spec.ts
index b6005d47a2..ce41cbaef2 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/tests/compile/transform.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/tests/compile/transform.spec.ts
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ check(
 {
   const direct = lowerModuleSource({
     filename: 'node_modules/p/direct.js',
-    source: "import { createRequire } from 'node:module'\ncreateRequire(import.meta.url)('@xterm/headless')\n",
+    source: "import { createRequire } from 'node:module'\ncreateRequire(import.meta.url)('external-package')\n",
   })
-  check('literal createRequire call is a module request', direct.moduleRequests, ['node:module', '@xterm/headless'])
+  check('literal createRequire call is a module request', direct.moduleRequests, ['node:module', 'external-package'])
 
   const assigned = lowerModuleSource({
     filename: 'node_modules/p/assigned.js',