diff --git a/test/node/uuid_tests.js b/test/node/uuid_tests.js
index a638f6778..0ff69b17f 100644
--- a/test/node/uuid_tests.js
+++ b/test/node/uuid_tests.js
@@ -162,65 +162,4 @@ describe('UUID', () => {
     const uuid = new UUID(UPPERCASE_DASH_SEPARATED_UUID_STRING);
     expect(inspect(uuid)).to.equal(`new UUID("${LOWERCASE_DASH_SEPARATED_UUID_STRING}")`);
   });
-
-  describe('deserialize', () => {
-    const originalUUID = new BSON.UUID();
-    const binaryUUID = originalUUID.toBinary();
-    const serializedUUID = BSON.serialize({ uuid: originalUUID.toBinary() });
-
-    it('should promoteUUIDs when flag is true', () => {
-      const { uuid: promotedUUID } = BSON.deserialize(serializedUUID, { promoteUUIDs: true });
-      expect(promotedUUID._bsontype).to.equal('UUID');
-      expect(promotedUUID).to.deep.equal(originalUUID);
-    });
-
-    it('should not promoteUUIDs when flag is false', () => {
-      const { uuid: unpromotedUUID } = BSON.deserialize(serializedUUID, { promoteUUIDs: false });
-      expect(unpromotedUUID._bsontype).to.equal('Binary');
-      expect(unpromotedUUID).to.deep.equal(binaryUUID);
-    });
-
-    it('should not promoteUUIDs when flag is omitted', () => {
-      const { uuid: omittedFlagUUID } = BSON.deserialize(serializedUUID);
-      expect(omittedFlagUUID._bsontype).to.equal('Binary');
-      expect(omittedFlagUUID).to.deep.equal(binaryUUID);
-    });
-
-    it('should throw BSONTypeError if _bsontype is not UUID and promoteUUIDs is true', () => {
-      const binaryVar = new Binary(Buffer.from('abc'));
-      const serializedBinary = BSON.serialize(binaryVar);
-      expect(() => {
-        BSON.deserialize(serializedBinary, { promoteUUIDs: true });
-      }).to.throw(BSONTypeError);
-    });
-
-    describe('promoteBuffers', () => {
-      const promoteUUIDValues = [true, false, undefined];
-      const promoteBufferValues = [true, false, undefined];
-
-      const testCases = promoteUUIDValues.flatMap(promoteUUIDs =>
-        promoteBufferValues.flatMap(promoteBuffers => ({
-          options: { promoteUUIDs, promoteBuffers },
-          // promoteBuffers: true returns a Buffer so _bsontype does not exist
-          outcome: promoteUUIDs ? 'UUID' : promoteBuffers ? undefined : 'Binary'
-        }))
-      );
-
-      for (const { options, outcome } of testCases) {
-        it(`should deserialize to ${outcome} type when promoteUUIDs is ${options.promoteUUIDs} and promoteBuffers is ${options.promoteBuffers}`, () => {
-          const { uuid } = BSON.deserialize(serializedUUID, options);
-          expect(uuid._bsontype).to.equal(outcome);
-          if (uuid._bsontype === 'UUID') {
-            expect(uuid.id).to.deep.equal(originalUUID.id);
-          } else if (uuid._bsontype === 'Binary') {
-            expect(uuid.buffer).to.deep.equal(originalUUID.id);
-          } else if (uuid._bsontype === undefined) {
-            expect(uuid).to.deep.equal(originalUUID.id);
-          } else {
-            expect.fail('Unexpected _bsontype');
-          }
-        });
-      }
-    });
-  });
 });