diff --git a/test/node-test-bin.js b/test/node-test-bin.js
index 9e437e6..879f7e9 100644
--- a/test/node-test-bin.js
+++ b/test/node-test-bin.js
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import process from 'process'
 import path from 'path'
 import { platform } from 'os'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
-// included here for ipjs compile tree
-import bin from '../lib/bin.js' // eslint-disable-line
 
 const { assert } = chai
 
diff --git a/test/noop-bin-test.js b/test/noop-bin-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3d6375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/noop-bin-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// file included so ipjs will compile ../lib/bin.js
+// this test file is not intended to be run or loaded
+import bin from '../lib/bin.js' // eslint-disable-line