diff --git a/tests/language_2/assertion_test.dart b/tests/language_2/assertion_test.dart
index bad4bbd..d14c513 100644
--- a/tests/language_2/assertion_test.dart
+++ b/tests/language_2/assertion_test.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 // VMOptions=--enable_type_checks --enable_asserts
+// dart2jsOptions=--enable-asserts
 
 // Dart test program testing assert statements.
 
diff --git a/tests/language_2/language_2_dart2js.status b/tests/language_2/language_2_dart2js.status
index 6518bd1..cc71aa2 100644
--- a/tests/language_2/language_2_dart2js.status
+++ b/tests/language_2/language_2_dart2js.status
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 field_type_check2_test/01: MissingRuntimeError
 
 [ $compiler == dart2js && $runtime == d8 && $fasta ]
-assertion_test: RuntimeError
 implicit_creation/implicit_new_constructor_generic_test: Pass
 
 [ $compiler == dart2js && $runtime == d8 && $strong ]
@@ -468,9 +467,6 @@
 covariance_field_test/04: RuntimeError
 covariance_field_test/05: RuntimeError
 
-[ $compiler == dart2js && !$checked && !$enable_asserts ]
-assertion_test: RuntimeError, OK
-
 [ $compiler == dart2js && !$checked && $fasta ]
 bool_check_test: RuntimeError
 bool_condition_check_test: RuntimeError
@@ -869,7 +865,6 @@
 runtime_type_function_test: RuntimeError # Uses runtimeType.toString()
 
 [ $compiler == dart2js && $strong ]
-assertion_test: RuntimeError
 async_await_test/02: RuntimeError
 async_await_test/03: RuntimeError
 async_await_test/none: RuntimeError