diff --git a/test/abort/test-addon-uv-handle-leak.js b/test/abort/test-addon-uv-handle-leak.js
index 3944cb79c78494..96608f8dda95fd 100644
--- a/test/abort/test-addon-uv-handle-leak.js
+++ b/test/abort/test-addon-uv-handle-leak.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const cp = require('child_process');
 const { Worker } = require('worker_threads');
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
 
 // This is a sibling test to test/addons/uv-handle-leak.
 
@@ -49,9 +50,25 @@ if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
   //         Close callback: 0x7f2df31de220 CloseCallback(uv_handle_s*) [...]
   //         Data: 0x42
 
+  function isGlibc() {
+    try {
+      const lddOut = spawnSync('ldd', [process.execPath]).stdout;
+      const libcInfo = lddOut.toString().split('\n').map(
+        (line) => line.match(/libc\.so.+=>\s*(\S+)\s/)).filter((info) => info);
+      if (libcInfo.length === 0)
+        return false;
+      const nmOut = spawnSync('nm', ['-D', libcInfo[0][1]]).stdout;
+      if (/gnu_get_libc_version/.test(nmOut))
+        return true;
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+
   if (!(common.isFreeBSD ||
         common.isAIX ||
-        (common.isLinux && !common.isGlibc()) ||
+        (common.isLinux && !isGlibc()) ||
         common.isWindows)) {
     assert(stderr.includes('ExampleOwnerClass'), stderr);
     assert(stderr.includes('CloseCallback'), stderr);
diff --git a/test/common/index.js b/test/common/index.js
index 742a78e3679917..8254f541016505 100644
--- a/test/common/index.js
+++ b/test/common/index.js
@@ -66,23 +66,6 @@ exports.isOpenBSD = process.platform === 'openbsd';
 exports.isLinux = process.platform === 'linux';
 exports.isOSX = process.platform === 'darwin';
 
-let isGlibc;
-exports.isGlibc = () => {
-  if (isGlibc !== undefined)
-    return isGlibc;
-  try {
-    const lddOut = spawnSync('ldd', [process.execPath]).stdout;
-    const libcInfo = lddOut.toString().split('\n').map(
-      (line) => line.match(/libc\.so.+=>\s*(\S+)\s/)).filter((info) => info);
-    if (libcInfo.length === 0)
-      return isGlibc = false;
-    const nmOut = spawnSync('nm', ['-D', libcInfo[0][1]]).stdout;
-    if (/gnu_get_libc_version/.test(nmOut))
-      return isGlibc = true;
-  } catch {}
-  return isGlibc = false;
-};
-
 exports.enoughTestMem = os.totalmem() > 0x70000000; /* 1.75 Gb */
 const cpus = os.cpus();
 exports.enoughTestCpu = Array.isArray(cpus) &&
diff --git a/test/common/index.mjs b/test/common/index.mjs
index 74194975f1fc26..3ad51d4cae7e0e 100644
--- a/test/common/index.mjs
+++ b/test/common/index.mjs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ const {
   isOpenBSD,
   isLinux,
   isOSX,
-  isGlibc,
   enoughTestMem,
   enoughTestCpu,
   rootDir,
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ export {
   isOpenBSD,
   isLinux,
   isOSX,
-  isGlibc,
   enoughTestMem,
   enoughTestCpu,
   rootDir,