diff --git a/packages/loot-core/init-node.js b/packages/loot-core/init-node.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3470eccd0e3..00000000000
--- a/packages/loot-core/init-node.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-import { dirname, basename } from 'path';
-
-import fetch from 'node-fetch';
-import 'source-map-support/register';
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/extensions
-import bundle from './lib-dist/bundle.desktop.js';
-
-global.fetch = fetch;
-
-async function init(budgetPath) {
-  const dir = dirname(budgetPath);
-  const budgetId = basename(budgetPath);
-  await bundle.initEmbedded('0.0.147', true, dir);
-  await bundle.lib.send('load-budget', { id: budgetId });
-
-  return bundle.lib;
-}
-
-async function run() {
-  const { send } = await init('/tmp/_test-budget');
-  const accounts = await send('accounts-get');
-
-  await send('transaction-add', {
-    date: '2022-03-20',
-    account: accounts[0].id,
-    amount: 1000,
-  });
-
-  await new Promise(resolve => {
-    setTimeout(() => {
-      resolve();
-    }, 5000);
-  });
-
-  await send('close-budget');
-}
-
-run();
diff --git a/upcoming-release-notes/3755.md b/upcoming-release-notes/3755.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6df2705044c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upcoming-release-notes/3755.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+category: Maintenance
+authors: [MikesGlitch]
+---
+
+Remove unneeded node test file