diff --git a/lib/internal/cli_table.js b/lib/internal/cli_table.js
index f6c711ece8e0ad..71d322ee9eeed1 100644
--- a/lib/internal/cli_table.js
+++ b/lib/internal/cli_table.js
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ const { Buffer } = require('buffer');
 const { removeColors } = require('internal/util');
 const HasOwnProperty = Function.call.bind(Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty);
 
+// The use of Unicode characters below is the only non-comment use of non-ASCII
+// Unicode characters in Node.js built-in modules. If they are ever removed or
+// rewritten with \u escapes, then a test will need to be (re-)added to Node.js
+// core to verify that Unicode characters work in built-ins. Otherwise,
+// consumers using Unicode in _third_party_main.js will run into problems.
+// Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/10673
 const tableChars = {
   /* eslint-disable node-core/non-ascii-character */
   middleMiddle: '─',
diff --git a/lib/internal/test/unicode.js b/lib/internal/test/unicode.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 451c3c4737898a..00000000000000
--- a/lib/internal/test/unicode.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-// This module exists entirely for regression testing purposes.
-// See `test/parallel/test-internal-unicode.js`.
-
-/* eslint-disable node-core/non-ascii-character */
-module.exports = '✓';
-/* eslint-enable node-core/non-ascii-character */
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index fba7d4be81e264..e3fc7db47d6e7f 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@
       'lib/internal/socket_list.js',
       'lib/internal/test/binding.js',
       'lib/internal/test/heap.js',
-      'lib/internal/test/unicode.js',
       'lib/internal/timers.js',
       'lib/internal/tls.js',
       'lib/internal/trace_events_async_hooks.js',
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-internal-unicode.js b/test/parallel/test-internal-unicode.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a36309c09f651..00000000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-internal-unicode.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-require('../common');
-
-// Flags: --expose-internals
-//
-// This test ensures that UTF-8 characters can be used in core JavaScript
-// libraries built into Node's binary.
-
-const assert = require('assert');
-const character = require('internal/test/unicode');
-
-assert.strictEqual(character, '✓');