diff --git a/src/index.spec.ts b/src/index.spec.ts
index cb248a7bc..45cdb4c8c 100644
--- a/src/index.spec.ts
+++ b/src/index.spec.ts
@@ -805,28 +805,26 @@ describe('ts-node', function () {
         })
       })
 
-      describe('support a transpile only mode', () => {
-        it('should execute successfully with type errors and transpile-only enabled', (done) => {
-          exec(`${cmd}/transpile-only index.ts`, { cwd: join(__dirname, '../tests/esm-transpile-only') }, function (err, stdout) {
-            expect(err).to.equal(null)
-            expect(stdout).to.equal('foo bar baz biff\n')
+      it('should support transpile only mode via dedicated loader entrypoint', (done) => {
+        exec(`${cmd}/transpile-only index.ts`, { cwd: join(__dirname, '../tests/esm-transpile-only') }, function (err, stdout) {
+          expect(err).to.equal(null)
+          expect(stdout).to.equal('')
 
-            return done()
-          })
+          return done()
         })
-        it('should throw an error with type errors and transpile-only disabled', (done) => {
-          exec(`${cmd} index.ts`, { cwd: join(__dirname, '../tests/esm-transpile-only') }, function (err, stdout) {
-            if (err === null) {
-              return done('Command was expected to fail, but it succeeded.')
-            }
+      })
+      it('should throw type errors without transpile-only enabled', (done) => {
+        exec(`${cmd} index.ts`, { cwd: join(__dirname, '../tests/esm-transpile-only') }, function (err, stdout) {
+          if (err === null) {
+            return done('Command was expected to fail, but it succeeded.')
+          }
 
-            expect(err.message).to.contain('Unable to compile TypeScript')
-            expect(err.message).to.match(new RegExp('TS2345: Argument of type \'(?:number|1101)\' is not assignable to parameter of type \'string\'\\.'))
-            expect(err.message).to.match(new RegExp('TS2322: Type \'(?:"hello world"|string)\' is not assignable to type \'number\'\\.'))
-            expect(stdout).to.equal('')
+          expect(err.message).to.contain('Unable to compile TypeScript')
+          expect(err.message).to.match(new RegExp('TS2345: Argument of type \'(?:number|1101)\' is not assignable to parameter of type \'string\'\\.'))
+          expect(err.message).to.match(new RegExp('TS2322: Type \'(?:"hello world"|string)\' is not assignable to type \'number\'\\.'))
+          expect(stdout).to.equal('')
 
-            return done()
-          })
+          return done()
         })
       })
     }