diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js
index da502812f52c3b..effc73c0f2ca7d 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ const {
   MathMax,
   Number,
   ObjectDefineProperty,
-  ObjectEntries,
   ObjectSeal,
   PromisePrototypeThen,
   PromiseResolve,
@@ -107,10 +106,28 @@ function lazyAssertObject() {
   if (assertObj === undefined) {
     assertObj = new SafeMap();
     const assert = require('assert');
-    for (const { 0: key, 1: value } of ObjectEntries(assert)) {
-      if (typeof value === 'function') {
-        assertObj.set(value, key);
-      }
+
+    const methodsToCopy = [
+      'deepEqual',
+      'deepStrictEqual',
+      'doesNotMatch',
+      'doesNotReject',
+      'doesNotThrow',
+      'equal',
+      'fail',
+      'ifError',
+      'match',
+      'notDeepEqual',
+      'notDeepStrictEqual',
+      'notEqual',
+      'notStrictEqual',
+      'ok',
+      'rejects',
+      'strictEqual',
+      'throws',
+    ];
+    for (let i = 0; i < methodsToCopy.length; i++) {
+      assertObj.set(methodsToCopy[i], assert[methodsToCopy[i]]);
     }
   }
   return assertObj;
@@ -227,18 +244,18 @@ class TestContext {
   get assert() {
     if (this.#assert === undefined) {
       const { plan } = this.#test;
-      const assertions = lazyAssertObject();
+      const map = lazyAssertObject();
       const assert = { __proto__: null };
 
       this.#assert = assert;
-      for (const { 0: method, 1: name } of assertions.entries()) {
+      map.forEach((method, name) => {
         assert[name] = (...args) => {
           if (plan !== null) {
             plan.actual++;
           }
           return ReflectApply(method, assert, args);
         };
-      }
+      });
     }
     return this.#assert;
   }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-runner-assert.js b/test/parallel/test-runner-assert.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2af05c95414d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-runner-assert.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+const { deepStrictEqual } = require('node:assert');
+const test = require('node:test');
+
+test('only methods from node:assert are on t.assert', (t) => {
+  deepStrictEqual(Object.keys(t.assert).sort(), [
+    'deepEqual',
+    'deepStrictEqual',
+    'doesNotMatch',
+    'doesNotReject',
+    'doesNotThrow',
+    'equal',
+    'fail',
+    'ifError',
+    'match',
+    'notDeepEqual',
+    'notDeepStrictEqual',
+    'notEqual',
+    'notStrictEqual',
+    'ok',
+    'rejects',
+    'strictEqual',
+    'throws',
+  ]);
+});