diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 708ee7530d70d9..62295406f1f9dc 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ const {
   aggregateTwoErrors,
   codes: {
     ERR_ACCESS_DENIED,
-    ERR_FS_FILE_TOO_LARGE,
     ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE,
   },
 } = require('internal/errors');
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/util');
 const {
   constants: {
-    kIoMaxLength,
     kMaxUserId,
   },
   copyObject,
@@ -321,11 +319,6 @@ function readFileAfterStat(err, stats) {
   // stringify operations vs multiple C++/JS boundary crossings).
   const size = context.size = isFileType(stats, S_IFREG) ? stats[8] : 0;
 
-  if (size > kIoMaxLength) {
-    err = new ERR_FS_FILE_TOO_LARGE(size);
-    return context.close(err);
-  }
-
   try {
     if (size === 0) {
       // TODO(BridgeAR): If an encoding is set, use the StringDecoder to concat
@@ -402,9 +395,6 @@ function tryCreateBuffer(size, fd, isUserFd) {
   let threw = true;
   let buffer;
   try {
-    if (size > kIoMaxLength) {
-      throw new ERR_FS_FILE_TOO_LARGE(size);
-    }
     buffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(size);
     threw = false;
   } finally {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile.js
index 74731728676b1b..3b464cde943728 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const common = require('../common');
 
 const tmpdir = require('../../test/common/tmpdir');
 const assert = require('assert');
+const path = require('node:path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 
 const prefix = `.removeme-fs-readfile-${process.pid}`;
@@ -52,26 +53,21 @@ for (const e of fileInfo) {
   }));
 }
 
-// readFile() and readFileSync() should fail if the file is too big.
+// Test to verify that readFile() and readFileSync() can handle large files
 {
-  const kIoMaxLength = 2 ** 31 - 1;
+  const kLargeFileSize = 3 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024; // 3 GiB
 
-  if (!tmpdir.hasEnoughSpace(kIoMaxLength)) {
-    // truncateSync() will fail with ENOSPC if there is not enough space.
-    common.printSkipMessage(`Not enough space in ${tmpdir.path}`);
-  } else {
-    const file = tmpdir.resolve(`${prefix}-too-large.txt`);
-    fs.writeFileSync(file, Buffer.from('0'));
-    fs.truncateSync(file, kIoMaxLength + 1);
+  const file = path.join(tmpdir.path, 'temp-large-file.txt');
+  fs.writeFileSync(file, Buffer.alloc(1024));
+  fs.truncateSync(file, kLargeFileSize);
 
-    fs.readFile(file, common.expectsError({
-      code: 'ERR_FS_FILE_TOO_LARGE',
-      name: 'RangeError',
-    }));
-    assert.throws(() => {
-      fs.readFileSync(file);
-    }, { code: 'ERR_FS_FILE_TOO_LARGE', name: 'RangeError' });
-  }
+  fs.readFile(file, (err, data) => {
+    if (err) {
+      console.error('Error reading file:', err);
+    } else {
+      console.log('File read successfully:', data.length);
+    }
+  });
 }
 
 {