diff --git a/test/link/wasm/export-data/build.zig b/test/link/wasm/export-data/build.zig
index 726d6caba5..865017a22f 100644
--- a/test/link/wasm/export-data/build.zig
+++ b/test/link/wasm/export-data/build.zig
@@ -4,48 +4,24 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const test_step = b.step("test", "Test");
     b.default_step = test_step;
 
-    if (@import("builtin").os.tag == .windows) {
-        // TODO: Fix open handle in wasm-linker refraining rename from working on Windows.
-        return;
-    }
-
     const lib = b.addExecutable(.{
         .name = "lib",
         .root_module = b.createModule(.{
             .root_source_file = b.path("lib.zig"),
-            .optimize = .ReleaseSafe, // to make the output deterministic in address positions
+            .optimize = .Debug,
             .target = b.resolveTargetQuery(.{ .cpu_arch = .wasm32, .os_tag = .freestanding }),
         }),
     });
     lib.entry = .disabled;
     lib.use_lld = false;
     lib.root_module.export_symbol_names = &.{ "foo", "bar" };
-    lib.global_base = 0; // put data section at address 0 to make data symbols easier to parse
+    // Object being linked has neither functions nor globals named "foo" or "bar" and
+    // so these names correctly fail to be exported when creating an executable.
+    lib.expect_errors = .{ .exact = &.{
+        "error: manually specified export name 'foo' undefined",
+        "error: manually specified export name 'bar' undefined",
+    } };
+    _ = lib.getEmittedBin();
 
-    const check_lib = lib.checkObject();
-
-    check_lib.checkInHeaders();
-    check_lib.checkExact("Section global");
-    check_lib.checkExact("entries 3");
-    check_lib.checkExact("type i32"); // stack pointer so skip other fields
-    check_lib.checkExact("type i32");
-    check_lib.checkExact("mutable false");
-    check_lib.checkExtract("i32.const {foo_address}");
-    check_lib.checkExact("type i32");
-    check_lib.checkExact("mutable false");
-    check_lib.checkExtract("i32.const {bar_address}");
-    check_lib.checkComputeCompare("foo_address", .{ .op = .eq, .value = .{ .literal = 4 } });
-    check_lib.checkComputeCompare("bar_address", .{ .op = .eq, .value = .{ .literal = 0 } });
-
-    check_lib.checkInHeaders();
-    check_lib.checkExact("Section export");
-    check_lib.checkExact("entries 3");
-    check_lib.checkExact("name foo");
-    check_lib.checkExact("kind global");
-    check_lib.checkExact("index 1");
-    check_lib.checkExact("name bar");
-    check_lib.checkExact("kind global");
-    check_lib.checkExact("index 2");
-
-    test_step.dependOn(&check_lib.step);
+    test_step.dependOn(&lib.step);
 }