diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/index.js b/packages/babel-cli/test/index.js
index d4a096e63d22..939c1706caaf 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/test/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import * as helper from "@babel/helper-fixtures";
 import rimraf from "rimraf";
 import { sync as makeDirSync } from "make-dir";
 import child from "child_process";
-import merge from "lodash/merge";
 import path from "path";
 import fs from "fs";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
@@ -221,7 +220,7 @@ fs.readdirSync(fixtureLoc).forEach(function (binName) {
 
       const testLoc = path.join(suiteLoc, testName);
 
-      const opts = {
+      let opts = {
         args: [],
       };
 
@@ -247,7 +246,7 @@ fs.readdirSync(fixtureLoc).forEach(function (binName) {
 
           delete taskOpts.os;
         }
-        merge(opts, taskOpts);
+        opts = { args: [], ...taskOpts };
       }
 
       ["stdout", "stdin", "stderr"].forEach(function (key) {