diff --git a/test/behavior/while.zig b/test/behavior/while.zig
index f08c045c831cdb2b2cecd99c6b968c2b869b8cf1..695d67f02045da638eafc71d7a651d68be17538a 100644
--- a/test/behavior/while.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/while.zig
@@ -419,3 +419,11 @@ test "labeled break from else" {
     try S.doTheTest(5);
     try comptime S.doTheTest(5);
 }
+
+fn infiniteLoop() noreturn {
+    while (true) {}
+}
+
+test "infinite while true" {
+    _ = &infiniteLoop;
+}
diff --git a/test/standalone/build.zig.zon b/test/standalone/build.zig.zon
index 895af508f35ee03916312dc6099d9c8c3e301641..f0f7f6175be9106127036332c31e75e0e902e6fe 100644
--- a/test/standalone/build.zig.zon
+++ b/test/standalone/build.zig.zon
@@ -135,9 +135,6 @@
         .issue_12706 = .{
             .path = "issue_12706",
         },
-        .strip_empty_loop = .{
-            .path = "strip_empty_loop",
-        },
         .strip_struct_init = .{
             .path = "strip_struct_init",
         },
diff --git a/test/standalone/strip_empty_loop/build.zig b/test/standalone/strip_empty_loop/build.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e14c641f09d469c3f6cbd52ab679d940e8de468..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/standalone/strip_empty_loop/build.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-const std = @import("std");
-
-pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
-    const test_step = b.step("test", "Test the program");
-    b.default_step = test_step;
-
-    const optimize = std.builtin.Optimize.debug;
-    const target = b.graph.host;
-
-    const main = b.addExecutable(.{
-        .name = "main",
-        .root_module = b.createModule(.{
-            .root_source_file = b.path("main.zig"),
-            .optimize = optimize,
-            .target = target,
-            .strip = true,
-        }),
-    });
-
-    // TODO: actually check the output
-    _ = main.getEmittedBin();
-
-    test_step.dependOn(&main.step);
-}
diff --git a/test/standalone/strip_empty_loop/main.zig b/test/standalone/strip_empty_loop/main.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index bfcb5ac94b34ced62025854026422057044003ee..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/standalone/strip_empty_loop/main.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-pub fn main() noreturn {
-    while (true) {} // When built without debug info, this produces an Air loop with no instructions
-}