diff --git a/src/discord/monitor/thread-bindings.shared-state.test.ts b/src/discord/monitor/thread-bindings.shared-state.test.ts
index 2a5c02d66..51729b8ef 100644
--- a/src/discord/monitor/thread-bindings.shared-state.test.ts
+++ b/src/discord/monitor/thread-bindings.shared-state.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createJiti } from "jiti";
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
   __testing as threadBindingsTesting,
@@ -11,22 +10,8 @@ type ThreadBindingsModule = {
 };
 
 async function loadThreadBindingsViaAlternateLoader(): Promise<ThreadBindingsModule> {
-  const jiti = createJiti(import.meta.url, {
-    interopDefault: true,
-  });
-  try {
-    return await jiti.import<ThreadBindingsModule>("./thread-bindings.ts");
-  } catch (error) {
-    // jiti@2 can fail under ESM test runners when mutating module.require.
-    if (
-      !(error instanceof TypeError) ||
-      !String(error.message).includes("Cannot set property require")
-    ) {
-      throw error;
-    }
-    const fallbackPath = "./thread-bindings.ts?vitest-loader-fallback";
-    return (await import(/* @vite-ignore */ fallbackPath)) as ThreadBindingsModule;
-  }
+  const fallbackPath = "./thread-bindings.ts?vitest-loader-fallback";
+  return (await import(/* @vite-ignore */ fallbackPath)) as ThreadBindingsModule;
 }
 
 describe("thread binding manager state", () => {
@@ -34,7 +19,7 @@ describe("thread binding manager state", () => {
     threadBindingsTesting.resetThreadBindingsForTests();
   });
 
-  it("shares managers between ESM and Jiti-loaded module instances", async () => {
+  it("shares managers between ESM and alternate-loaded module instances", async () => {
     const viaJiti = await loadThreadBindingsViaAlternateLoader();
 
     createThreadBindingManager({